A grand jury in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday handed up an indictment against former President Donald Trump on four counts related to election interference in the 2020 presidential election.
Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct official business, obstruction and attempted obstruction of official business, and conspiracy against the interests of others. According to Indictment.
The charges are the same as those previously brought against Trump by special counsel Jack Smith, but Smith reportedly dropped “certain elements of the case” following the Supreme Court's decision in July on presidential immunity. According to of hill.
BREAKING: A Washington DC grand jury has handed down an indictment against Donald Trump, maintaining intact the four main charges brought against him for attempting to overturn the election. pic.twitter.com/qkbZAjSeSl
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“Today, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a new indictment, ECF No. 226, charging the defendants with the same criminal conduct charged in the original indictment,” Smith said. Written “This indictment, presented to a new grand jury that has never previously heard evidence in this case, reflects the Government's effort to respect and implement the Supreme Court's ruling and remand instructions,” court documents state. Trump vs. the United States144 S.Ct. 2312 (2024).”
The latest indictment excluded former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark, following the Supreme Court's immunity ruling, according to the outlet: “The indictment removes former Department of Justice attorney Jeffrey Clark as an unnamed, unindicted co-conspirator in the case, reflecting the Supreme Court's specific instruction that conversations between President Trump and Department of Justice officials are protected from prosecution.”
