WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump faces four felony criminal cases in the coming months, and the indictments have thrust into the spotlight little-known names along with others that are familiar to the public.
Special counsel Jack Smith has brought two federal cases against Trump.
In the first, Trump is accused of improperly keeping classified records after leaving office; defying a subpoena ordering their return; and obstructing FBI efforts to prove he still possessed them. Two others are charged alongside Trump.
In the other case brought by Smith, Trump and others are accused of trying to discount legitimate votes and subvert the 2020 presidential election results through three criminal conspiracies: one to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the election; one to impede the Jan. 6, 2021, electoral college count and official certification of the results; and another to deny citizens’ right to vote and to have their votes counted.
The former president is also charged in Fulton County, Georgia, along with 18 others, in an indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy to try to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, including coordinated efforts to lie to state lawmakers, the courts and the public in an effort to remain in office.
Trump is also scheduled to go to trial in the spring in New York City on charges related to an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor in the final days of the 2016 campaign.
Here’s a look at the key figures in the four criminal indictments:
Potential co-conspirators in the federal 2020 election indictment
Smith’s federal indictment refers to six unnamed co-conspirators, some of whom have been potentially identified using details in the document, such as dates of and quotes.
Rudolph W. Giuliani
The former New York mayor helped lead Trump’s legal…
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