The Four Trump Criminal Cases: Strengths and Weaknesses

The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump in Georgia related to accusations that he tried to subvert the 2020 presidential election there means he now faces four separate criminal cases — even as he is the front-runner for the Republican nomination for the White House.

In total, Mr. Trump faces 91 felony counts, charged with an array of crimes: trying to subvert democracy, risking national security secrets and falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment to a porn actress.

Mr. Trump’s growing tangle of legal problems complicates an already busy campaign calendar, but also raises the question of how each trial will proceed and which will go first. While some prosecutors have signaled they intend to move quickly, Mr. Trump’s lawyers have often pursued a strategy of delay, seeking to run out the clock on legal matters.

Here is a closer look at each case and how they compare.

Bookkeeping Fraud

Venue: New York State legal system, Supreme Court in Manhattan

Judge: Juan Merchan

Chief prosecutor: Alvin L. Bragg, Manhattan district attorney

Charges: Mr. Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a series of Trump Organization checks he signed in 2017 to his personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen. The payments were to reimburse Mr. Cohen for a hush money payoff he had made in October 2016 to a porn actress, Stormy Daniels, to cover up a potential sex scandal just before the election. But, according to the indictment, internal documents falsely recorded the checks as payments for legal work Mr. Cohen had purportedly performed in 2017 under a retainer that did not exist.

Indictment: March 2023

Scheduled trial: March 2024

What to know: This case — the first criminal indictment against Mr. Trump or any former president in American history — is otherwise generally considered to be the least significant of the four.