List of lawsuits involving Donald Trump

The following is a list of notable lawsuits involving United States President Donald Trump. The list excludes cases naming the president as a matter of course, including habeas corpus requests.

This article is about lawsuits arising out of Donald Trump's actions as president. For the legal affairs in his personal and business life, see Legal affairs of Donald Trump.

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Trump as plaintiff

Lawsuits around Trump's financial and tax information
Further information: List of pending United States Supreme Court cases
  • Appeal lawsuit against the Mazars accounting firm, in an effort to have Trump's financial information kept private
  • 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 committees for Trump's, his adult children's, and his businesses' financial records
  • 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]
  • 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]

Lawsuits around COVID-19
  • Lawsuit brought by Trump against a Wisconsin TV station for airing an advertisement criticizing his COVID-19 response[6][7]

All current pending prosecution
  • 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]

Trump as defendant

Lawsuits around the United States Constitution

Lawsuits around executive orders and presidential proclamations

Lawsuits around anti-LGBT policies

Lawsuits around the United States Census

Lawsuits around Trump political campaigns
  • Lawsuit alleging that the Trump Campaign used mass, unsolicited communication of promotional messages that the plaintiffs did not consent to receive[26]
    • Thorne v. Donald J Trump for President Inc.
  • Lawsuit alleging Russian interference in the 2016 Federal Elections, the Trump campaign was accused of engaging in a racketeering enterprise in conjunction with Russia and WikiLeaks
  • Lawsuit regarding a pattern of persistent illegal conduct, occurring over more than a decade, that includes extensive unlawful political coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing transactions to benefit Mr. Trump’s personal and business interests, and violations of basic legal obligations for non-profit foundations
  • Lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged Trump's security team assaulted them during a 2015 peaceful protest based around Trump's campaign comments about Black Lives Matter and Mexican immigrants
  • Lawsuit alleging Trump encouraged an atmosphere of violence and anti-Trump protesters were subjected to attacks and racial slurs being led out of a campaign rally in 2016
    • Nwanguma v. Trump[29]
  • Lawsuit alleging that Trump and the Republican National Committee colluded to prevent any competition to Trump’s re-election campaign.
    • Roque De La Fuente v. Trump & Republican National Committee [30][31][32]
  • Roger Stone (Roger J. Stone Jr.) found guilty by a jury in November 2019 of on obstruction of a congressional investigation, five counts of making false statements to Congress, and tampering with a witness in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[33][34] He was later sentenced to 40 months in prison.[35][36]

Lawsuits around potential sexual misconduct and assault
Further information: Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
  • 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
  • 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]

Lawsuits around financial manipulation and employee payment
  • 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
  • Lawsuit alleging that Trump and his adult children had made a large amount of money by encouraging unsophisticated investors to join fraudulent schemes

Lawsuits around environmental concerns
Further information: Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration

Lawsuits around COVID-19
  • Lawsuit brought against Trump's alleged denial of stimulus checks to spouses of undocumented immigrants[50][51][52]
    • John Doe v. Trump

All current pending prosecution

See also

References
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