Fingqa umbhalo olandelayo ngomusho onamagama angu-20 noma ngaphansi:  Abaphenyi boMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-U.S. kanye ne-FBI baqoqe ubufakazi obusha obukhombisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uMongameli wangaphambili uDonald Trump wavimbela uphenyo lwemibhalo eyimfihlo etholakala endaweni yakhe yaseFlorida, kubika iWashington Post ngeSonto, icaphuna imithombo.  Ngo-August, ama-FBI athatha izinkulungwane zemibhalo kahulumeni, eminye ibhalwe ukuthi iyimfihlo kakhulu, endaweni kaTrump eMar-a-Lago. Lolu phenyo lungelinye lamacala amabili obugebengu obuqondiswe kulowo owayengumongameli, eliholwa uMmeli Okhethekile uJack Smith.  UTrump, owamangalelwa ngoLwesine kuphenyo oluhlukile eNew York, uphike noma yibuphi ububi emacaleni futhi uwachaza njengashukunyiswa ezombusazwe.  Ngemva kokuba abeluleki bakhe bathole isimemezelo ngoMeyi esifuna ukubuyiselwa kwemibhalo eyimfihlo, uTrump wabheka amanye amabhokisi emibhalo kahulumeni ekhaya lakhe ngenxa yesifiso esibonakalayo sokugcina izinto ezithile ezisezandleni zakhe, kubika iPost, icaphuna abantu abajwayelene nalolu phenyo.  Abaphenyi banobufakazi obukhombisa ukuthi uTrump watshela abanye ukuba badukise izikhulu zikahulumeni ekuqaleni kuka-2022, ngaphambi kwesimemezelo, lapho i-U.S. National Archives and Records Administration yayisebenza ukuthola imibhalo yesikhathi sikaTrump njengomongameli, kubika i-Post.  I-FBI yabuza uMnyango Wezobulungisa imibuzo, kodwa awuphendulanga ngokushesha esicelweni sokuphawula.  Esitatimendeni esikhishwe kuyi-Post, okhulumela uTrump uSteven Cheung wathi "izingosi zokuzingela uMengameli uTrump azinasisekelo emaqinisweni noma emthethweni", futhi wasola uMmeli Okhethekile uSmith noMnyango Wezobulungiswa ngokuvuza ulwazi ukuze kushintshwe umbono womphakathi.  Uphenyo lukaSmith luphakathi kokukhathazeka kwezomthetho okwandayo kukaTrump, okwathi ngoNovemba wethula umkhankaso wokufuna ukhetho lukaMengameli weRiphabhulikhi ngo-2024. Ngaphezu kokuhlolwa kweNew York, uTrump ubhekene nophenyo lwaseGeorgia mayelana nokuthi uzame yini ukuguqula ukunqotshwa kwakhe okhethweni lwango-2020 kuhulumeni.
Ngemva kokumangalelwa kokuqala okungokomlando kowayengumongameli, uTrump naye ubhekene nokwanda kokuphenya kwamanye amacala amathathu.