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   Trump’s Total Charges Could Result In More Than 700 Years In Prison—Here's   
   Updated Aug 22, 2023, 03:00pm EDT   
      
   Topline   
      
   Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on 91 federal and state   
   charges in total after being indicted for the fourth time Monday in Fulton   
   County, Georgia, facing a range of felony charges that all carry potential   
   prison sentences that add up to a potential maximum sentence of 717.5   
   years in prison, though Trump is highly unlikely to face that much time.   
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   Former President Donald Trump prepares to deliver remarks at a Nevada   
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   Key Facts   
      
   Manhattan – 136 Years Maximum: Trump was charged with 34 counts of   
   falsifying business records in the first degree in his first indictment in   
   Manhattan, stemming from “hush money” payments made during his 2016   
   campaign, which as a class “E” felony under New York law carries a maximum   
   four-year prison sentence for each count if convicted.   
      
   Trump could face over 100 years in prison if he were convicted of every   
   charge in that case, but legal experts suggest it’s unlikely he’ll face   
   any prison time at all in this case as a first-time offender.   
      
   PROMOTED   
      
   Classified Documents – 450 Years Maximum: Trump faces 40 federal charges   
   after being indicted for bringing White House documents back to Mar-A-Lago   
   with him and allegedly trying to obstruct the Justice Department’s   
   investigation into them, including 32 counts of willful retention of   
   national security documents, six counts related to obstruction and two   
   counts for scheme to conceal and making false statements.   
      
   That could result in 450 years maximum imprisonment, based on the willful   
   retention charges each carrying up to 10 years in prison, the obstruction   
   charges carrying potential 20-year penalties and the false statement   
   charges carrying potentially five years each.   
      
   Federal Election Investigation – 55 Years Maximum: Trump was charged with   
   four felony counts as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into   
   his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including conspiracy to defraud   
   the U.S., obstruction, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and   
   conspiracy against rights, a 19th century law that criminalizes when two   
   or more people “conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate” any   
   Americans “in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege”   
   they’re afforded under the Constitution or federal law.   
      
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   Those charges could result in more than 50 years in prison if Trump were   
   convicted of all counts, based on maximum sentences of five years for   
   conspiracy to defraud, 20 years for each obstruction charge and 10 years   
   for conspiracy against rights.   
      
   Fulton County – 76.5 Years Maximum: Trump was indicted on 13 state charges   
   in Fulton County for trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election—part of 41   
   total counts brought against 19 defendants—including charges for   
   racketeering (known as RICO charges), solicitation of violation of oath by   
   a public officer, conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer,   
   conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, false statements and   
   writings, conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, filing false   
   documents and conspiracy to commit filing false documents.   
      
   Trump could spend more than 70 years in prison if he were convicted on all   
   counts, based on maximum sentences of 20 years for racketeering, three   
   years for solicitation (three counts), 2.5 years for conspiracy to   
   impersonate a public officer, 7.5 years for forgery conspiracy (two   
   counts), five years for false statements (two counts), 2.5 years for   
   conspiracy to commit false statements (two counts), 10 years for filing   
   false documents and five years for conspiracy to file false documents.   
   Contra   
      
   While all of the crimes Trump’s been indicted for do carry possible prison   
   sentences, most do not carry mandatory sentences if convicted and can also   
   potentially be punishable by a fine. Criminal solicitation and forgery in   
   Georgia are the only charges against Trump in which the statutes don’t   
   specify it can be punishable by a fine instead.   
   What We Don’t Know   
      
   What Trump’s actual prison sentences will be, if he’s convicted of any of   
   the crimes he’s been charged with. Trump is unlikely to receive maximum   
   prison sentences as a first-time offender, Politico notes, and even if   
   he’s convicted of multiple crimes, he might be ordered to serve out his   
   sentences concurrently, meaning he could serve sentences for multiple   
   counts simultaneously rather than one after the other. Trump could also be   
   helped out in the documents case by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the   
   judge overseeing the case who would sentence him if convicted, who Trump   
   appointed and has been deferential toward him in the past.   
   What To Watch For   
      
   Trump’s trial in Manhattan is scheduled to start on March 25, 2024,   
   followed by the documents case going to trial on May 20, 2024, though   
   those dates could be changed. No date has been set yet for Trump’s federal   
   indictment for trying to overturn the 2020 election, though prosecutors   
   have proposed a trial date of January 2. It’s also still unclear when the   
   Fulton County case will go to trial, and while District Attorney Fani   
   Willis suggested prosecutors want the trial to take place within the next   
   six months, that may be unlikely given the complex nature of the 19-   
   defendant case.   
   Chief Critic   
      
   Trump has strongly denied all of the charges against him in each   
   indictment, pleading not guilty to the first three sets of charges and   
   decrying the Fulton County indictment as a “witch hunt.” “These monsters,   
   all controlled and coordinated by the DOJ and Radical Left Lunatics, are   
   Criminalizing Political Speech, a total SHUTDOWN OF DEMOCRACY!” Trump   
   claimed on Truth Social Tuesday night. (Legal experts have disputed   
   Trump’s claim that his attempts to overturn the election were First   
   Amendment-protected speech.)   
   Surprising Fact   
      
   Trump being convicted and sentenced to prison would not in itself stop him   
   from serving as president if he were reelected in 2024—or from campaigning   
   for the job—though it would likely present some logistical challenges.   
   Legal experts cited by Politico said it’s likely any sentences from state   
   courts would likely be postponed until after his presidential term ends,   
      
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