Former President Donald Trump has been slammed with several allegations and legal challenges since leaving the White House on the heels of a contentious reelection effort.
Now, while the former reality star remains confident and ahead in the polls among GOP supporters in his latest presidential bid, the scales of justice have been mounting with evidence against him.
Leading some of those efforts to punish Trump for his wrongdoings are two Black women — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The Republican candidate filed a boatload of lawsuits opposing the 2020 election results after he was defeated by Democrat President Joe Biden in 2020. However, now he has found himself on the other side of the docket.
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Among Trump’s troubles is the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into his handling of top secret documents, and a congressional panel has recommended criminal charges against the former president and those who helped him push to overturn the election results.
In late March, Trump faced his first criminal indictment in New York, led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, over hush money he funneled to a porn star through his lawyer during his first presidential campaign to keep the details of his extramarital affair private.
On May 9, a New York jury awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million after finding Trump liable for her sexual abuse and defamation after she accused him of rape in a department store in the mid-1990s.
Still, the arrogant billionaire who used his loud mouth and racist dog whistles to propel his campaign to become president has been able to avoid confinement behind jail or prison bars.
The Atlanta-area prosecutor Willis announced in April that her goal is to announce indictments against the…
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