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From the 1970s until he was elected president in 2016, [[Donald Trump]] and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in [[Federal judiciary of the United States|United States federal]] and [[State court (United States)|state court]]s, including battles with casino patrons, million-dollar real estate lawsuits, personal [[defamation]] lawsuits, and over 100 business tax disputes.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Nick |last1=Penzenstadler |first2=Steve |last2=Reilly |title=Donald Trump: Three decades, 4,095 lawsuits |url=https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/trump-lawsuits/ |newspaper=USA Today |date=July 7, 2016 |access-date=April 11, 2023 }}</ref> He has also been accused of [[Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations|sexual harassment and sexual assault]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Summer Zervos Suing Donald Trump for Defamation|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/apprentice-contestant-summer-zervos-slaps-donald-trump-with-defamation-lawsuit |first=Brandy |last=Zadrozny |author-link=Brandy Zadrozny |date=January 17, 2017 |access-date=January 17, 2017 |work=The Daily Beast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117222944/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/17/apprentice-contestant-summer-zervos-slaps-donald-trump-with-defamation-lawsuit.html|archive-date=January 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Stockman |first=Rachel |url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/exclusive-inside-the-donald-trump-sexual-assault-lawsuit/ |title=Exclusive: Inside The $125 Million Donald Trump Sexual Assault Lawsuit |work=Law and Crime |date=February 23, 2016 |access-date=December 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218143407/https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/exclusive-inside-the-donald-trump-sexual-assault-lawsuit/ |archive-date=December 18, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> with one accusation resulting in himhis being held civilly liable.<ref name=civiljudgment />
 
In 2015, Trump's lawyer Alan Garten called Trump's legal entanglemententanglements "a natural part of doing business" in the U.S.<ref name="ObermanLongTrail"/><ref name=Isikoff30Aug>{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/how-trump-could-turn-the-presidency-into-a-127901460096.html |title=How Trump could turn the presidency into a 'litigation circus' |date=August 30, 2015 |first=Michael |last=Isikoff |publisher=Yahoo! Politics |access-date=August 31, 2015 |quote=He is a litigation magnet who has been the target (and the initiator) of hundreds of civil suits over the past several decades.... Indeed, Trump's penchant for litigation – and punching back against his critics in court – has shown no signs of abating while he is on the campaign trail.}}</ref> While litigation is indeed common in the [[real estate industry]],<ref name="ObermanLongTrail">{{cite news |first1=Brody |last1=Mullins |first2=Jim |last2=Oberman |title=Trump's Long Trail of Litigation|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-long-trail-of-litigation-1457891191 |url-status=live |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=March 13, 2016 |access-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-date=April 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160415055659/http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-long-trail-of-litigation-1457891191 |quote=Litigation isn't unusual for resolving business disputes or enforcing contracts, particularly in the real-estate industry. It is difficult to determine whether Mr. Trump files more lawsuits than others with similarly broad business interests. The Republican Party has long argued that excessive litigation in the U.S. increases the costs of goods and services and limits job creation. Republican leaders have pushed, in particular, for medical-malpractice changes, to reduce fraud in the asbestos-claims process and to cut down on what they see as frivolous litigation in general. Mr. Trump's political opponents have cited his pattern of litigiousness to buttress their contention that he isn't a true conservative.}}</ref> Trump has been involved in more legal cases than his fellow magnates [[Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.]], [[Donald Bren]], [[Stephen M. Ross]], [[Sam Zell]], and [[Larry Silverstein]] combined.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Penzenstadler |first1=Nick |last2=Page |first2=Susan |date=1 June 2016 |title=Exclusive: Trump's 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/01/donald-trump-lawsuits-legal-battles/84995854/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> Numerous legal matters and investigations occurred during and after Trump's presidency, some being of historical import.
 
Between October 2021 and July 2022 alone, the [[Republican National Committee]] paid more than US$2&nbsp;million to attorneys representing Trump in his presidential, personal, and business capacities.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Klein |first1=Charlotte |date=July 28, 2022 |title=The RNC Has Been Bankrolling Trump's Legal Bills. If He Runs, They're Cutting Him Off. |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/rnc-trump-running-2024-legal-bills |access-date=August 11, 2022}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' published an overview of his legal involvements as of September 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Peter |date=September 19, 2022 |title=The Story So Far: Where 6 Investigations Into Donald Trump Stand - The former president finds himself without the power of the presidency, staring at a host of prosecutors and lawyers who have him and his associates in their sights. |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/us/politics/donald-trump-investigations.html |access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref> In January 2023, a federal judge fined Trump and his attorney nearly $1&nbsp;million, characterizing him as "a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haberman |first=Maggie |date=2023-01-31 |title=Trump's Well-Worn Legal Playbook Starts to Look Frayed |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/us/politics/trump-legal-tactics.html |access-date=2023-04-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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