Supreme Court, investigators force Trump and his children on the defensive on multiple fronts

Probes in Georgia, New York and Washington target the former president, potentially jeopardizing his future — or perhaps yet again allowing him to escape unscathed

By Felicia Sonmez

Josh Dawsey

and

Jonathan O'Connell

Updated January 21, 2022 at 2:13 p.m. EST|Published January 21, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EST

President Donald Trump and his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump make their way to Air Force One on Jan. 4, 2021, at Dobbins Air Reserve Base north of Atlanta. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

A flurry of decisions by the Supreme Court and federal and state investigators has forced Donald Trump and his adult children to defend their conduct on multiple fronts, potentially jeopardizing their futures — or perhaps yet again allowing the former president to escape unscathed.

On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) submitted a 157-page filing detailing much of the evidence her investigators have gathered so far on the business practices of Trump and his children, focused on a possible pattern of fraud. The civil investigation is separate from a criminal probe James is running in tandem with new Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D).