Donald Trump Faces Multiple Lawsuits: The Most Serious Allegation and What You Need to Know

It’s up to the voter to decide how his political career will continue. I am a service provider and not a do-gooder.

In US lawsuits, as is the case now with Donald Trump, there is often talk of a “conspiracy”, i.e. a conspiracy. What do Americans mean by this?
That’s a good question because the German translation of “Conspiracy” often leads to confusion and many then think of some kind of rebellion or something similar. But the translation of “conspiracy” is “conspiracy to commit a crime”. If we both agreed to rob a bank, then this is a “conspiracy”.

What are the implications of such a “conspiracy to commit a crime”?
This offense can have serious consequences. For example, if we arrange a bank robbery meeting, but one gets cold feet. Then it could still be our turn because of “Conspiracy”, if only because we agreed to commit the crime – although we actually didn’t commit it as originally planned.

Can’t the accusation of conspiracy to commit a crime be very broadly defined?
Yes, that is a separate criminal offense. It’s not uncommon for people who think they’re uninvolved to be held accountable.

Donald Trump has now been in three states, New York, Florida and Washington, DC. charged. Another indictment in Georgia may follow. Does it matter that there are different lawsuits against him in different states?
Rather not. But you have to know: In the USA, different legal systems apply in all individual states. These can be similar, but don’t have to be. Put simply, a campaign finance lawsuit like the one in New York can look completely different in Florida. But it is difficult to predict how the respective juries will behave.

That means?
In most cases in the USA, it is not a judge who decides on guilt or innocence, but a jury. And their members can of course be influenced, for example by the media. This is difficult to avoid. As such, the course of other parallel lawsuits may have an indirect effect on the jury.

Who sits on such juries?
To put it bluntly, the members are collected on the street. They are randomly selected people: bus drivers, a doctor, teachers, in any case mostly legal laymen.

Does that mean the judges are not so decisive? In Washington, Tanya Chutkan, a chairwoman who is not considered a Trump supporter, is leading the case, unlike the judge in Florida, Aileen Cannon…
However, the role of judges should not be underestimated. You direct the procedure and this also includes informing the jury about the legal background and giving them tips. Because it often gets complicated: Everyone knows what a theft is. But what exactly does election rigging or misappropriation of campaign funds mean? The jury needs to know that in order to be able to make decisions. That alone makes judges very important.