Donald Trump speaks to New Hampshire voters in January, with opponent-turned-ally Tim Scott joining him on stage.Photo:Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty
Donald Trumphas crossed the threshold required to become the presumptive Republican nominee for president in 2024, securing more than half of the total GOP delegates after Tuesday’s primary elections.
The same goes forJoe Biden, who formally became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday evening thanks to a flood of delegates from Georgia, Washington, Mississippi and Hawaii.
If all goes as planned, Trump, 77, and Biden, 81, will now be declared the major party nominees at their parties' conventions this summer. The 2024 Republican National Convention will span July 15 to 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Democratic National Convention is scheduled for August 19 to 22 in Chicago.
Donald Trump at a New Hampshire event in January. Shortly after, he would nominate his daughter-in-law Lara Trump (behind him, on the left) to help lead the RNC.Chip Somodevilla/Getty
Chip Somodevilla/Getty
After leaving the White House in January 2021, Trump spent nearly two years teasing that he would seek another term,officially announcing his 2024 campaignat the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, in November 2022.
“America’s comeback starts right now,” the former president said before explaining his priorities for the nation. “We are here tonight to declare that it does not have to be this way.”
Later in his speech, he said, “In order to make America great and glorious again I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.”
Melania and Donald Trump disembark from Air Force One for the final time in West Palm Beach, during Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/Shutterstock
So far, four of those investigations have led to indictments covering91 criminal counts. The first indictment made Trump the only U.S. president to face criminal charges, and the next two further distinguished him as the only president to face federal charges.
Trump faces other legal issues, too.
In February, acourt ordered him to pay $355 million as a penalty for fraud, plus about $100 million in interest. In a92-page rulingfollowing a lengthy civil trial, Judge Arthur Engoron barred Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporations or legal entities for three years. It also restricted him and the Trump Organization from applying for loans from New York-chartered financial institutions during the same time frame.
The ruling came just three weeks after a New York juryordered Trump to pay $83.3 millionin damages to formerEllecolumnistE. Jean Carrollfor defamatory statements he made about her in 2019.
Trump, his family and supporters have repeatedly and insistently denied wrongdoing in the various criminal, congressional and civil inquiries.
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source: people.com
