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00:00 91 criminal charges across four jurisdictions.
00:04 Monday's indictment of Donald Trump is only the latest in a litany of litigations for the former president.
00:10 In Georgia, Trump and his 18 alleged co-conspirators face a raft of charges,
00:15 including racketeering for their myriad efforts to strong-arm Georgia officials
00:20 into changing the results of the 2020 election.
00:23 The indictment alleges that rather than abide by Georgia's legal process for election challenges,
00:32 the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia's presidential election result.
00:42 In March, a grand jury in New York City charged Trump with falsifying business records,
00:48 covering up hush money payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels as she threatened to go public
00:54 with details of an alleged affair in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
00:59 Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts.
01:02 In June, he pled not guilty to 40 felony counts in a federal court in Florida.
01:08 There, he's accused of illegally holding on to highly classified government documents after leaving office,
01:14 storing them haphazardly at his private residences and lying to officials who sought to recover them.
01:19 Early August saw special counsel Jack Smith unveil four federal felony charges in Washington, D.C.
01:26 against Trump for trying to defraud the U.S. by overturning his 2020 election defeat,
01:31 accusations of conspiracy and obstruction that culminated in the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol
01:37 as a mob of Trump supporters sought to prevent Congress from certifying Biden's victory.
01:43 But it's Georgia that may present the most legal and political danger for Trump.
01:48 As a state case, he will be unable to quash it or pardon himself even if he wins back the presidency next year,
01:55 and the trial is likely to be televised in the midst of presidential primary season.

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