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2.2 Lawsuits around executive orders and presidential proclamations DMZ) · Helsinki summit · Shutdowns
Print/export (Jan 2018 · 2018–19) · Polls · Lawsuits ·
2.3 Lawsuits around anti-LGBT policies
Protests · Social media · Veracity ·
Download as PDF 2.4 Lawsuits around potential legal violations Killings (al-Baghdadi · Soleimani) ·
Printable version 2.5 Lawsuits around the United States Census COVID-19 pandemic ·
George Floyd protests
2.6 Lawsuits around Trump political campaigns
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2.7 Lawsuits around potential sexual misconduct and assault Cabinet (formation) · Ambassadors ·
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2.8 Lawsuits around financial manipulation and employee payment Federal judges (Gorsuch · Kavanaugh ·
Supreme Court candidates) · Executives ·
2.9 Lawsuits around environmental concerns
U.S. Attorneys · Dismissals (Comey)
2.10 Lawsuits around COVID-19
Policies
2.11 All current pending prosecution Economy (tax cuts · tariffs ·
3 See also China trade war) · Environment
(Paris withdrawal) · Foreign policy
4 References (Iran deal · Jerusalem · Golan ·
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Lawsuits around Trump's financial and tax information [ edit ]
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2020) Business and personal [show]
Appeal lawsuit against the Mazars accounting firm, in an effort to have Trump's
financial information kept private
Trump et al v. Mazars et al[1]
Appeal lawsuit against the Deutsche Bank and Capital One Bank from fulfilling the
subpoenas issued to the company by the House Financial Services and Intelligence
V ·T ·E
committees for Trump's, his adult children's, and his businesses' financial records
Trump et al v. Deutsche Bank et al[2]
Case before the Supreme Court of the United States: Does a grand-jury subpoena by a state District Attorney for the President's
financial records violate Article II and the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution? Oral arguments were scheduled to
be heard by telephone on May 12, 2020.[3]
Trump v. Vance[4]
Case in D.C. court challenging the New York TRUST Act, which gives Congress the right to obtain tax information on New York
residents. Case dismissed November 11, 2019.
Donald J. Trump v. Committee on Ways and Means, et al.[5]
Lawsuit brought by Trump against a Wisconsin TV station for airing an advertisement criticizing his COVID-19 response[6][7]
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. WP Company LLC d/b/a Washington Post[8]
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. CNN[9]
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. New York Times[10]
Lawsuit alleging violations of compliance with a grand jury empaneled by Robert Mueller in the Special Counsel investigation
In re Grand Jury Subpoena
Lawsuit alleging violations of the Presidential Records Act of 1978, 44 U.S.C. §§ 2201 –2207
CREW and National Security Archive v. Trump and EOP
Lawsuits challenging Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity alleging violations of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act
ACLU v. Trump and Pence
Joyner v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
NAACP v. Trump
Lawsuit alleging violation of 12 U.S.C. § 5491(b)(5)(B), a component of the Dodd–Frank Act of 2010
English v. Trump
Lawsuit requesting grand jury materials from the Special Counsel investigation by Robert Mueller
In re Application of the Committee on the Judiciary
New York state lawsuit against the Trump administration for its policy to exclude New Yorkers from enrolling in federal Trusted
Traveler programs.[22]
Lawsuit alleging Freedom of Information Act violations regarding redaction of The Room Where It Happened by John Bolton[23]
Legal Eagle, LLC v. National Security Council Records Access and Information Security Management Directorate
Lawsuit by Katie Johnson which alleges that Trump and Jeffrey Epstein sexually and physically abused her under threats to
physically harm her and her family while a 13-year-old minor from June–September 1994
Katie Johnson v. Donald J Trump and Jeffrey E Epstein[37] (dismissed)
Lawsuit by Jane Doe which alleges Trump and Epstein engaged in forcible rape, imprisonment and assault while she was 13-
year-old minor and another 12-year-old girl in 1994
Jane Doe v. Donald Trump & Jeffrey E Epstein[38] (dismissed by Doe)[39][40]
Lawsuit by former campaign staffer, Alva Johnson, who claims that Trump forcibly kissed her at a rally in Florida in August 2016.
The lawsuit also alleges unequal pay standards for her, an African-American woman, compared to others on the team
Johnson v. Trump[41]
Defamation lawsuit raised by Summer Zervos which arose from Trump's statement that she lied about sexual assault allegations
against him
Zervos v. Trump[42]
Defamation lawsuit raised by E. Jean Carroll which arose from Trump's denials of her accusation that he sexually assaulted her
more than 20 years ago damaged her reputation
Carroll v. Trump[43]
Lawsuit alleging violations of employee payment regarding not paying him for "thousands of hours of overtime" to which he was
legally entitled during his more than two decades of service
Cintron v. Trump Organization[44][45]
Lawsuit alleging that Trump and his adult children had made a large amount of money by encouraging unsophisticated investors
to join fraudulent schemes
Doe et al. v. Trump Corp. et al.[46]
Lawsuit brought by Our Children's Trust using the public trust doctrine to address the effects of global warming.[47][48]
Juliana v. United States
League of Conservation Voters lawsuit challenging Trump's attempt to undo a ban on oil and gas drilling in certain areas of the
Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. District court ruled that Trump overstepped his constitutional authority and violated federal law.[49]
Appeal ongoing.
League of Conservation Voters v. Trump
Lawsuit brought against Trump's alleged denial of stimulus checks to spouses of undocumented immigrants[50][51][52]
John Doe v. Trump
Pending prosecution of former Paul Manafort associate Gregory B. Craig for lying to the Justice Department about work he did for
the government of Ukraine by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia[34]
Pending criminal prosecution of Paul Manafort on state mortgage fraud charges by the New York County District Attorney[34]
Orestes Fintiklis, majority owner of former-Trump International Hotel & Tower Panama regarding tax evasion.[53][54][55][56]
ACN Inc. (American Communications Network)[57]
Amazon Web Services v. United States of America regarding Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure[58][59]
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