THEN AND NOW: The Trump family in 2020 and 2024

Trump, who is running against Kamala Harris in 2024, has since been convicted of felon, survived an assassination attempt and has chosen a new running mate.

Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign in 2022 and formally accepted the nomination at the 2024 Republican National Convention in July. He replaced Pence with Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate. Pence did not endorse Trump in 2024.

He continues to hold rallies and refuses to accept the outcome of the 2020 election amid numerous investigations and lawsuits.

Among them, in 2022 FBI agents executed a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, prompting a furious response from Trump and his allies. The search appeared to involve material Trump brought back to Florida after leaving the White House, prompting a federal investigation tied to the Presidential Records Act.

In 2023, Justice Department prosecutors charged Trump with 37 criminal counts, alleging that he withheld classified government records after leaving office and attempted to prevent their return. But in July, a judge dismissed the case, ruling that it was unconstitutional to appoint Jack Smith as a special counsel to prosecute the case. Smith has appealed.

Separately, New York’s attorney general investigated the Trump Organization’s financial transactions, and court documents detailed the AG’s office’s allegations against the company, including improperly inflated property values. In February, after a three-month trial, a judge ordered Trump to pay $355 million in fines in the civil fraud case. He has appealed.

In 2023, Trump was indicted and charged with 34 felony counts of first-degree falsifying business records. Trump denied any wrongdoing, pleaded not guilty and accused the investigations of being politically motivated. It went to trial in April and Trump was found guilty on all counts in the first ever criminal trial against a former US president. Trump maintained that he is a “very innocent man”.

In 2023, as part of the DOJ’s investigation into the events leading up to the January 6 Capitol riot, Trump was indicted for a third time and charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction, and conspiracy against the right wing. to vote and to have your vote counted. Following the Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling that presidents have some immunity from criminal prosecution, a new, revised indictment was filed in August. Trump has pleaded not guilty.

He has pledged to return to the White House in 2024 and said at a January 2022 rally in Texas that he would consider pardoning rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 if elected.

In July, Trump was injured in an attack at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania that killed one attendee and injured two.