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Here's where the criminal and civil cases facing Trump stand

Former President Donald Trump faces a number of criminal charges in two cases — but that may not be all, as he faces scrutiny in other probes. This all comes as Trump is running for president.
Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a Farmers for Trump campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa on July 7.

Former President Donald Trump announced this week he's received word that he's a target of the grand jury investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Trump took to social media to say he could be federally charged related to the Jan. 6, 2021 siege on the U.S. Capitol.

If charges in the Jan. 6 case come to fruition, Trump, the first former president in United States history to be criminally indicted, will be facing numerous charges in three separate criminal cases in three states.

So far this year, Trump has been criminally indicted twice for crimes he allegedly committed before and after his presidency — all announced as he's running for president again.

Trump has also been embroiled in civil lawsuits out of New York — one of which is tied to allegations he and close advisers to the Trump Organization (including his children) committed

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