Legal affairs of Donald Trump (original) (raw)

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In June 2016, USA Today published an analysis of litigation involving Donald Trump, which found that over the previous three decades Trump and his businesses had been involved in 3,500 legal cases in U.S. federal and state courts, an unprecedented number for a U.S. presidential candidate. Of the 3,500 suits, Trump or one of his companies were plaintiffs in 1,900; defendants in 1,450; and bankruptcy, third party, or other in 150. Trump was named in at least 169 suits in federal court. Over 150 other cases were in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida (covering Broward County, Florida) since 1983. In the 1,300 cases where the record establishes the outcome, Trump settled 175 times, lost 38, won 450, and had another 137 cases end with some other outcome. In the other 500 cases, judges dismissed plaintiffs' claims against Trump. Trump's legal issues have continued since the publication of the 2016 USA Today article and his election as President of the United States. Between October 2021 and July 2022 alone, the Republican National Committee paid more than 2milliontoattorneysrepresentingTrumpinhiscapacityasPresidentandinhispersonalandbusinesscapacities.Thetopicsofthelegalcasesincludebuthavenotbeenlimitedtocontractdisputes,defamationclaims,andallegationsofsexualharassment.Trump′scompanieshavebeeninvolvedinmorethan100taxdisputes,andonatleast36occasionstheNewYorkStateDepartmentofTaxationandFinancehasobtainedtaxliensagainstTrumppropertiesfornonpaymentoftaxes.Onanumberofoccasions,Trumphasthreatenedlegalactionbutdidnotultimatelyfollowthrough.OfTrump′sinvolvementinthelawsuits,hislawyerAlanGartensaidin2015thatthiswas"anaturalpartofdoingbusiness"intheUnitedStatesand,intherealestateindustry,litigationtoenforcecontractsandresolvebusinessdisputesisindeedcommon.Trumphas,however,beeninvolvedinfarmorelitigationthanfellowreal−estatemagnates;theUSATodayanalysisin2016foundthatTrumphadbeeninvolvedinmorelegaldisputesthanEdwardJ.DeBartoloJr.,DonaldBren,StephenM.Ross,SamZell,andLarrySilversteincombined.TheTrumplawsuitshaveattractedcriticismfromTrump′sopponents,whosaythatthisisnotatraitthatconservativesshouldsupport.JamesCopland,directoroflegalpolicyattheconservative−leaningManhattanInstitute,statesthat"Trumpclearlyhasanaffinityforfilinglawsuits,partlybecauseheownsalotofbusinesses"andhassometimesusedlitigationasa"bullyingtactic".AlthoughTrumphassaidthathe"never"settleslegalclaims,Trumpandhisbusinesseshavesettledwithplaintiffsinatleast100cases(mostlyinvolvingpersonalinjuryclaimsarisingfrominjuriesatTrumpproperties),withsettlementsrangingfromhundredsofthousandsofU.S.dollarstoashighastensofmillionsofdollars.IntheTrumpUniversitylitigation,threelegalactionswerebroughtallegingfraud,onebytheNewYorkStateattorneygeneralandtheothersbyclassactionplaintiffs.InNovember2016,Trumpagreedtopay2 million to attorneys representing Trump in his capacity as President and in his personal and business capacities. The topics of the legal cases include but have not been limited to contract disputes, defamation claims, and allegations of sexual harassment. Trump's companies have been involved in more than 100 tax disputes, and on at least 36 occasions the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has obtained tax liens against Trump properties for nonpayment of taxes. On a number of occasions, Trump has threatened legal action but did not ultimately follow through. Of Trump's involvement in the lawsuits, his lawyer Alan Garten said in 2015 that this was "a natural part of doing business" in the United States and, in the real estate industry, litigation to enforce contracts and resolve business disputes is indeed common. Trump has, however, been involved in far more litigation than fellow real-estate magnates; the USA Today analysis in 2016 found that Trump had been involved in more legal disputes than Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., Donald Bren, Stephen M. Ross, Sam Zell, and Larry Silverstein combined. The Trump lawsuits have attracted criticism from Trump's opponents, who say that this is not a trait that conservatives should support. James Copland, director of legal policy at the conservative-leaning Manhattan Institute, states that "Trump clearly has an affinity for filing lawsuits, partly because he owns a lot of businesses" and has sometimes used litigation as a "bullying tactic". Although Trump has said that he "never" settles legal claims, Trump and his businesses have settled with plaintiffs in at least 100 cases (mostly involving personal injury claims arising from injuries at Trump properties), with settlements ranging from hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars to as high as tens of millions of dollars. In the Trump University litigation, three legal actions were brought alleging fraud, one by the New York State attorney general and the others by class action plaintiffs. In November 2016, Trump agreed to pay 2milliontoattorneysrepresentingTrumpinhiscapacityasPresidentandinhispersonalandbusinesscapacities.Thetopicsofthelegalcasesincludebuthavenotbeenlimitedtocontractdisputes,defamationclaims,andallegationsofsexualharassment.Trump′scompanieshavebeeninvolvedinmorethan100taxdisputes,andonatleast36occasionstheNewYorkStateDepartmentofTaxationandFinancehasobtainedtaxliensagainstTrumppropertiesfornonpaymentoftaxes.Onanumberofoccasions,Trumphasthreatenedlegalactionbutdidnotultimatelyfollowthrough.OfTrump′sinvolvementinthelawsuits,hislawyerAlanGartensaidin2015thatthiswas"anaturalpartofdoingbusiness"intheUnitedStatesand,intherealestateindustry,litigationtoenforcecontractsandresolvebusinessdisputesisindeedcommon.Trumphas,however,beeninvolvedinfarmorelitigationthanfellowreal−estatemagnates;theUSATodayanalysisin2016foundthatTrumphadbeeninvolvedinmorelegaldisputesthanEdwardJ.DeBartoloJr.,DonaldBren,StephenM.Ross,SamZell,andLarrySilversteincombined.TheTrumplawsuitshaveattractedcriticismfromTrump′sopponents,whosaythatthisisnotatraitthatconservativesshouldsupport.JamesCopland,directoroflegalpolicyattheconservative−leaningManhattanInstitute,statesthat"Trumpclearlyhasanaffinityforfilinglawsuits,partlybecauseheownsalotofbusinesses"andhassometimesusedlitigationasa"bullyingtactic".AlthoughTrumphassaidthathe"never"settleslegalclaims,Trumpandhisbusinesseshavesettledwithplaintiffsinatleast100cases(mostlyinvolvingpersonalinjuryclaimsarisingfrominjuriesatTrumpproperties),withsettlementsrangingfromhundredsofthousandsofU.S.dollarstoashighastensofmillionsofdollars.IntheTrumpUniversitylitigation,threelegalactionswerebroughtallegingfraud,onebytheNewYorkStateattorneygeneralandtheothersbyclassactionplaintiffs.InNovember2016,Trumpagreedtopay25 million to settle the litigation. An overview of Trump's legal involvements, as of September 19, 2022, were described in detail in The New York Times. On December 6, 2022, Trump's company The Trump Organization was convicted on criminal charges. (en)
《今日美国》（USA Today）2016年6月发表的一份分析报告发现，在过去30年中，唐納·川普（Donald Trump）及其企业在美国联邦法院和州法院参与了3500起法律案件，这对美国总统候选人来说是前所未有的数字。在3500起诉讼中，特朗普或他的一家公司是1900起的原告；1450起的被告；150起的破产、第三方或其他案件。特朗普在联邦法院的至少169起诉讼中被点名。自1983年以来，佛罗里达州第17巡回法院（覆盖佛罗里达州布劳沃德县）还有150多起其他案件。在记录确定结果的1300起案件中，特朗普和解175次，败诉38例，赢了450例，还有137例以其他结果告终。在其他500起案件中，法官驳回了原告对特朗普的诉讼请求。这些法律案件的主题包括合同纠纷、诽谤索赔和性骚扰指控。特朗普的公司卷入了100多起税务纠纷，纽约州税务和财政部（New York State Department of Taxation and Finance）有“至少三十几次”因特朗普房产欠税而获得税收留置权。特朗普曾多次威胁采取法律行动，但最终没有贯彻到底。关于特朗普参与诉讼的情况，他的律师艾伦·加滕（Alan Garten）在2015年表示，这是“在（美国）做生意的一个自然部分”，在房地产行业，执行合同和解决商业纠纷的诉讼确实很常见。然而，特朗普卷入的诉讼远远多于其他房地产大亨；2016年《今日美国》的分析发现，特朗普卷入法律纠纷的次数超过了小爱德华·J·德巴托罗、唐纳德·布伦、斯蒂芬·M·罗斯、萨姆·泽尔和拉里·西尔弗斯坦的总和。特朗普的诉讼引来了特朗普反对者的批评，他们说这不是保守派应该支持的特质。倾向保守派的曼哈顿研究所法律政策主任詹姆斯·科普兰（James Copland）表示，“特朗普显然对提起诉讼有亲和力，部分原因是他拥有很多企业”，而且他也有很多经验有时用诉讼作为“欺凌策略”。尽管特朗普曾表示他“从未”解决过法律索赔，但特朗普和他的企业已经与原告解决了至少100起案件（大多涉及特朗普财产伤害引起的人身伤害索赔），定居点高达数十万美元，最近高达数千万美元。特朗普最著名的法律案件之一是特朗普大学的诉讼。三起指控欺诈的诉讼被提起，一起由纽约州总检察长提起，另一起由集体诉讼原告提起。2016年11月，特朗普同意支付2500万美元解决诉讼。 2022年12月7日，特朗普的家族名下公司特朗普集团在纽约的法院经审讯后被陪审团裁定税务欺诈、伪造商业纪录、提交虚假税表等17项罪名全部成立，面临最高160万美元罚款。 (zh)

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In June 2016, USA Today published an analysis of litigation involving Donald Trump, which found that over the previous three decades Trump and his businesses had been involved in 3,500 legal cases in U.S. federal and state courts, an unprecedented number for a U.S. presidential candidate. Of the 3,500 suits, Trump or one of his companies were plaintiffs in 1,900; defendants in 1,450; and bankruptcy, third party, or other in 150. Trump was named in at least 169 suits in federal court. Over 150 other cases were in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida (covering Broward County, Florida) since 1983. In the 1,300 cases where the record establishes the outcome, Trump settled 175 times, lost 38, won 450, and had another 137 cases end with some other outcome. In the other 500 cases, ju (en)
《今日美国》（USA Today）2016年6月发表的一份分析报告发现，在过去30年中，唐納·川普（Donald Trump）及其企业在美国联邦法院和州法院参与了3500起法律案件，这对美国总统候选人来说是前所未有的数字。在3500起诉讼中，特朗普或他的一家公司是1900起的原告；1450起的被告；150起的破产、第三方或其他案件。特朗普在联邦法院的至少169起诉讼中被点名。自1983年以来，佛罗里达州第17巡回法院（覆盖佛罗里达州布劳沃德县）还有150多起其他案件。在记录确定结果的1300起案件中，特朗普和解175次，败诉38例，赢了450例，还有137例以其他结果告终。在其他500起案件中，法官驳回了原告对特朗普的诉讼请求。这些法律案件的主题包括合同纠纷、诽谤索赔和性骚扰指控。特朗普的公司卷入了100多起税务纠纷，纽约州税务和财政部（New York State Department of Taxation and Finance）有“至少三十几次”因特朗普房产欠税而获得税收留置权。特朗普曾多次威胁采取法律行动，但最终没有贯彻到底。尽管特朗普曾表示他“从未”解决过法律索赔，但特朗普和他的企业已经与原告解决了至少100起案件（大多涉及特朗普财产伤害引起的人身伤害索赔），定居点高达数十万美元，最近高达数千万美元。 (zh)

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Legal affairs of Donald Trump (en)
唐纳德·特朗普的法律问题 (zh)

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