One disgraced ex-president, four trials: Inside Donald Trump’s legal troubles

Donald Trump has never been more vulnerable and if proof were needed, it can be found in his daily tirades on Truth Social.

Without the privileges and prestige of the presidency to protect him, Mr Trump is facing serious lawsuits and criminal indictments in New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington. All while he is running a re-election campaign and is all but officially the Republican nominee for president having locked up sufficient delegates shortly after Super Tuesday.

Federal officials, local prosecutors and individuals are going after him for everything from his private conduct to his political manoeuvering during the 2020 election.

If even one of these efforts proves successful, the US could see a former president behind bars for the first time.

Here, The Independent explains each major case Mr Trump is facing.

Mr Trump is under scrutiny from officials in New York and this is set to be the first trial the former president will face, beginning on Monday, 15 April

On 30 March 2023, a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict the former president for allegedly falsifying business records relating to “hush money” payments he made to the porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election campaign to prevent her from revealing an alleged extramarital affair they had had a decade earlier.

Mr Trump faces 34 first-degree felony charges for allegedly working through his former attorney Michael Cohen and former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker to “catch and kill” embarrassing stories, passing out hundreds of thousands of dollars to silence allegations of affairs and a child born out of wedlock, then allegedly falsifying records to conceal the payments.

“We cannot allow New York businesses to manipulate their records to