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WASHINGTON Former Vice President Mike Pence's testimony before a federal grand juryis only one of the high-profile developmentsin the investigationsof former President Donald Trumpthis week.

Pence, as president of the Senate, was key to Trumps strategy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He testified Thursday before the grand jury in Justice Department special counsel Jack Smiths investigation of Trumps role in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trumps other legal challenges include:

Heres what we know about the legal cases:

Pence testified forhourson Thursday, spending at least seven hours at the courthouse.

He is a key figure in any Jan. 6 because Trump and his allies pressured him to single-handedly reject electors from seven states President Joe Biden won, to flip the election to Trump. Pence refused to participate.

Trump tried to block Pence's testimony by appealingto the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. But a three-judge panel denied his appealWednesday.

In previous testimony before the House committee that investigated the attack, Pence aides described how Trump pressured and scolded his vice president.

Greg Jacob, Pences general counsel,testified that Trump called Pence the morning of Jan. 6 in a heated exchange. Jacob said Pence took the call privately but returned looking steely, determined, grim.

Smith hasnt announced any schedule for completing his inquiry, but legal experts say the high-status level of witnesses being subpoenaed suggests charging decisions could be coming soon.

Smith is also investigating classified documents found in a search of Mar-a-Lago, 18 months after Trump left the White House. A conviction for retaining sensitive recordscould disqualify Trump, who is campaigning for the White House in 2024, from holding federal office again.

At stake in the case are documents that contained some of the countrys most important secrets, including the names of undercover agents overseas, according to national security experts.

Again, subpoenas to high-level witnesses such as Trumps lawyers suggest the investigation may be nearing a decision on charges. Attorney-client privilege doesnt cover the discussion of potentially illegal acts.

Legal experts say it might be the most open-and-shut case against Trump. But trying a case over national secrets risks more exposure of what was in the sensitive documents. But public opinion on the case was perhaps challengedafter authorities retrieved classified records from the locations associated withPresident Joe Biden and Pence, as well.

Carrolls civil lawsuit was the first of Trumps current legal troubles to make it to trial, with opening arguments Tuesday.

Carroll alleges Trump raped her in the changing room of a Manhattan clothing store in 1996, which she didnt report at the time. After she described the incident in a 2019 memoir, while Trump was president, he used the most powerful platform on earth to lie about what he had done, attack Ms. Carrolls integrity and insult her appearance, attorneyShawn Crowley told the newly selected jury.

Im here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didnt happen, Carroll told jurors. He lied and shattered my reputation, and Im here to try and get my life back.

Trump earlier said Carroll was totally lying, and he called the case a hoax, a lie and a complete con job.

Trump hasnt attended the trial yet, but U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan admonished his legal team and suggested that the defendant is risking a contempt of court citation.

In Manhattan, District Attorney Bragg urged a judge to limit Trumps access to sensitive documents in a felony case alleging the former president falsified business records.

Bragg also asked the judge prohibit Trumpfrom posting the contents of the documents on social media. At stake are documents dealing with material such as grand jury testimony and victim name and contact information.

Bragg said he wasnt seeking a gag order. But he proposed that Trump only be allowed to review sensitive materials while accompanied by his lawyers and not be allowed to copy or transcribe the information.

Bragg argued his precautions were based on Trump attacking witnesses, jurors and investigatorsin the past, including inDOJspecial counsel Robert Mueller's investigation ofRussian interference in the 2016 presidential electionand two House impeachments.

Trump is charged with falsifying business records to hide payments to silence two women who claimed to have had sex with him before the 2016 election. He has pleaded not guilty and called the prosecution politically motivated.

The trial is scheduled in January 2024.

Fulton County D.A. Williswarned local law enforcement officials in Georgiaabout the potential for significant public reaction" when grand jury results are announced in July or August, setting a summer timeframe for a long-awaited decision in her inquiry.

Willis has been investigating two potential ways Trump might have committedelection fraud.

I just want to find 11,780 votes, Trump said. Give me a break. You know, we have that in spades already.

Trump has denied wrongdoing and declared the call perfect.

Contributing: The Associated Press

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