The Trump Brief: A President's Probes, Prosecutions and Lawsuits

An investigation of campaign ties to Russia, a hush payment to a porn star, his former campaign manager in jail -- Donald Trump can’t put his legal troubles behind him. Here’s a look at them, and the perils ahead.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion by the Trump campaign -- or as Trump likes to call it, “The Witch Hunt!” -- produces the loudest headlines because it poses the gravest political risk. While scholars are split on whether Mueller can charge Trump, Mueller could write a report that lays out evidence of obstruction of justice -- or other high crimes and misdemeanors -- as a step to impeachment hearings.