Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the special counsels investigation into the aftermath of the election . In New York a hush money payment to an adult film star has resulted in his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury over his alleged role in the scheme . In Atlanta a select grand jury has investigated the efforts by Trump and allies to overturn his election loss in Georgia in . Trump and his company deny any wrongdoing or criminality in all matters state and federal and he has aggressively maintained his innocence . The indictment has sent shockwaves across the country pushing the American political system which has never seen one of its ex-leaders confronted with criminal charges let alone while running again for president into uncharted waters . Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels and says the probe by Bragg a Democrat is politically motivated. A federal judge has denied Trumps request to move the case to federal court but the former president is appealing. A judge has refused to move his request to change his plea to a federal court . A federal trial will start date for the trial in May 2015 . The case is expected to last for more than two years . The president has been accused of mishandling national defense information at the National Archives . The National Archives charged with collecting and sorting presidential material has previously said that at least boxes of White House records were recovered from MaraLago including some classified records . The White House Records were recovered at MaraLago were recovered . The national Archives has said that some classified documents were recovered. The National archives have previously said at least at least some classified files were recovered in MaraLago have said that they were recovered and that at at least . The N. Archives have previously stated that at the . National Archives have said at the time that at times .