INVESTIGATION IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL TRUMP’S FACING

The FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home on Monday was a stunning step by the Justice Department in its apparent investigation into materials that were improperly taken by the former president, including classified documents, when he left office.

But it is just one of multiple active investigations he is embroiled in as he dangles the possibility of an imminent announcement of a 2024 presidential campaign.

“I think it’s only going to put more energy behind my father-in-law, should he choose to run for president in 2024,” Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law, said on Fox News in response to news of the search.

Part of the appeal of another presidential run for Donald Trump, people close to him have said, is that it would double as a defense strategy, allowing him to argue that the investigations are politically motivated and largely carried out by Democrats intent on defeating him in 2024.

Here is a look at the inquiries he is facing, in addition to the investigation into his handling of classified and other government material:

• In New York, Attorney General Letitia James has been conducting a civil investigation into Trump and his family business, the outcome of which could result in a lawsuit or fines. The expresident and his elder daughter, Ivanka Trump, are expected to be questioned by James’ office about whether the Trump Organization fraudulently inflated the value of Donald Trump’s assets.

And the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, has said he is continuing to conduct a criminal investigation into Trump’s business practices, despite the resignations in February of two senior prosecutors who, according to people with knowledge of the situation, cited doubts Bragg had expressed about moving to prosecute.

• In Georgia, Fani Willis, the Atlanta-area district attorney, has been leading a wide-ranging criminal investigation into the efforts of Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. The inquiry appears to be targeting defendants with charges of conspiracy to commit election fraud or racketeering-related charges for engaging in a coordinated scheme to undermine the election.

• In Washington, the House committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, has used eight public hearings to lay out a comprehensive narrative of Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The panel is promising more evidence and more hearings in the fall. It has no power to prosecute but is weighing the largely symbolic step of making a criminal referral to the Justice Department. While there are major legal hurdles to any potential charges, committee members and legal experts have said that Trump could be investigated for obstructing an official proceeding of Congress, defrauding the United States and seditious conspiracy. They have also repeatedly raised concerns about witness tampering.

• The Justice Department is conducting an investigation into Trump’s effort to remain in office despite his electoral defeat in 2020, with lawyers questioning witnesses directly before a grand jury about the actions of Trump and some of his top advisers. Most recently, federal prosecutors have directly asked witnesses about his involvement in efforts to reverse his election loss. Prosecutors have been particularly interested in the socalled fake electors plan pursued by Trump and his allies, in which his supporters in key battleground states presented themselves as alternate slates of electors, hoping to delay or block Electoral College certification of Joe Biden’s victory.