Despite being indicted, former President Donald Trump is not allowing this setback to stop him from progressing with his campaign. apiotrowski9 9News MORE:
As part of special counsel Jack Smith's investigation, Trump was charged on Wednesday with: conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights."or more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the defendant spread lies that there had been outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won," the indictment states.
"As violence ensued, the Defendant and co-conspirators exploited the disruption by redoubling efforts to levy false claims of election fraud and convince Members of Congress to further delay the certification based on those claims," according to the indictment. Among the six are four unnamed attorneys who allegedly aided Trump in his effort to subvert the 2020 election.
Those counts carry a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment. The appropriateness of using the law to prosecute the rioters has been litigated in the Capitol breach cases.The law prohibits two or more people from conspiring to "injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any … the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States".
The new special counsel indictment comes as Trump remains the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The first two indictments have done little to impact his standing in the race.
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