Where the Investigations Into Donald Trump Stand – The New York Times

After the election, Mr. Trump and associates had numerous interactions with Georgia officials, including a call in which he urged the secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, to find 11,780 votes, the number of votes he would have needed to overcome the lead held in the state by President Biden.

It is the only known criminal inquiry that focuses directly on Mr. Trumps efforts to overturn the election results. In January, Fulton Countys top judge approved Ms. Williss request for a special grand jury in the matter.

In January 2020, Karl Racine, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, sued Mr. Trumps inaugural committee, saying it vastly overpaid his family business by more than $1 million for space at the Trump International Hotel during the January 2017 inaugural.

The lawsuit, which names the inaugural committee, the hotel, and the Trump Organization as defendants, is set to go to trial in September, after a judge ordered last week that it could move forward.

Mr. Racines office has subpoenaed a range of parties, including Melania Trump, the former first lady, and has questioned Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Thomas J. Barrack Jr., who chaired the inaugural committee.

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol aided by more than a dozen former federal prosecutors is examining the role Mr. Trump and his allies may have played in his efforts to hold onto power after his electoral defeat in November 2020.

While the committee itself does not have the power to bring criminal charges, it could refer the matter to the Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to prosecute them through the Justice Department.

Michael Rothfeld and Jonah E. Bromwich contributed reporting.

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Where the Investigations Into Donald Trump Stand - The New York Times