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.
Trump as plaintiff
Lawsuits around Trump's financial and tax information
- Appeal lawsuit against the Mazars accounting firm, in an effort to have Trump's financial information kept private
- *Trump et al v. Mazars et al
- 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
- *Trump et al v. Deutsche Bank et al
- 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.
- *Trump v. Vance
- 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.
Lawsuits around COVID-19
- Lawsuit brought by Trump against a Wisconsin TV station for airing an advertisement criticizing his COVID-19 response
All current pending prosecution
- Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. WP Company LLC d/b/a Washington Post
- Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. CNN
- Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. New York Times
Trump as defendant
Lawsuits around the United States Constitution
- Lawsuit alleging violations of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- *Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump
- *PEN America v. Trump
- *CNN v. Trump
- Lawsuit alleging violations of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- *Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
- *New York v. Trump
- *Vidal v. Nielsen
- Lawsuit alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- *Stone v. Trump
- Lawsuits alleging violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution
- *CREW v. Trump
- *D.C. and Maryland v. Trump
- *Blumenthal v. Trump
- U.S. Constitutional case law lawsuit filed by the United States House Committee on the Judiciary to compel the testimony of former White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn, Jr. under subpoena.
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Lawsuits around executive orders and presidential proclamations
- Legal challenges to Executive Order 13768, regarding sanctuary cities
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- *City of Chelsea v. Trump
- Legal challenges to Executive Order 13769, regarding temporary immigration restrictions
- *Aziz v. Trump
- *Darweesh v. Trump
- *Doe v. Trump
- *Louhghalam v. Trump
- *Mohammed v. United States
- *Sarsour v. Trump
- *Washington v. Trump
- Legal challenges to Executive Order 13780, a revised order on temporary immigration restrictions
- *Hawaii v. Trump
- *International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump
- *Washington v. Trump
- Legal challenges to Temporary Protected Status changes
- *Bhattarai v. Nielsen
- *Ramos v. Nielsen
- Legal challenge to Presidential Proclamation "Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the United States" 83 Fed. Reg. 57,661, which expressly invokes
- *East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump
Lawsuits around anti-LGBT policies
- Lawsuits regarding Presidential Memorandum on Military Service by Transgender Individuals by Donald Trump
- *Jane Doe v. Trump
- *Stone v. Trump
- *Karnoski v. Trump
- *Stockman v. Trump
Lawsuits around potential legal violations
- Lawsuit alleging violations of compliance with a grand jury empaneled by Robert Mueller in the Special Counsel investigation
- *In re Grand Jury Subpoena
- Lawsuit alleging violations of the Presidential Records Act of 1978,
- *CREW and National Security Archive v. Trump and EOP
- Lawsuits challenging Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity alleging violations of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
- *ACLU v. Trump and Pence
- *Joyner v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
- *NAACP v. Trump
- Lawsuit alleging violation of 12 U.S.C. § 5491, a component of the Dodd–Frank Act of 2010
- *English v. Trump
- Lawsuit requesting grand jury materials from the Special Counsel investigation by Robert Mueller
- *In re Application of the Committee on the Judiciary
- New York state lawsuit against the Trump administration for its policy to exclude New Yorkers from enrolling in federal Trusted Traveler programs.
- Lawsuit alleging Freedom of Information Act violations regarding redaction of The Room Where It Happened by John Bolton
- *Legal Eagle, LLC v. National Security Council Records Access and Information Security Management Directorate
Lawsuits around the United States Census
- Regarding the 2020 United States Census
- *Department of Commerce v. New York
- *New York Immigration Coalition v. United States Department of Commerce
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
- *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
- *Democratic National Committee v. Russian Federation
- 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
- *State of New York v. The Trump Foundation
- 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
- *Galicia v. Trump
- 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
- 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
- Roger Stone 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. He was later sentenced to 40 months in prison.
Lawsuits around potential sexual misconduct and assault
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Defamation lawsuit raised by Summer Zervos which arose from Trump's statement that she lied about sexual assault allegations against him
- *Zervos v. Trump
- 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
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
- *Cintron v. Trump Organization
- Lawsuit alleging that Trump and his adult children had made a large amount of money by encouraging unsophisticated investors to join fraudulent schemes
- *Doe et al. v. Trump Corp. et al.
Lawsuits around environmental concerns
- Lawsuit brought by Our Children's Trust using the public trust doctrine to address the effects of global warming.
- *Juliana v. United States
- League of Conservation Voters lawsuit challenging Trump's attempt to undo a ban on oil and gas drilling in certain areas of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. District court ruled that Trump overstepped his constitutional authority and violated federal law. Appeal ongoing.
- *League of Conservation Voters v. Trump
Lawsuits around COVID-19
- Lawsuit brought against Trump's alleged denial of stimulus checks to spouses of undocumented immigrants
- *John Doe v. Trump
All current pending prosecution
- Pending prosecution of former Paul Manafort associate Gregory B. Craig for lying to the Justice Department about work he did for the government of Ukraine by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
- Pending criminal prosecution of Paul Manafort on state mortgage fraud charges by the New York County District Attorney
- Orestes Fintiklis, majority owner of former-Trump International Hotel & Tower Panama regarding tax evasion.
- ACN Inc.
- Amazon Web Services v. United States of America regarding Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure