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| Trump Was Indicted Over His Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election | Trump Was Indicted Over His Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election |
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| Donald Trump, the former president and current front-runner for the Republican nomination, was indicted today in connection with his widespread efforts to overturn the 2020 election. | Donald Trump, the former president and current front-runner for the Republican nomination, was indicted today in connection with his widespread efforts to overturn the 2020 election. |
| The charges, brought by the special counsel Jack Smith in Federal District Court in Washington, emerged from a sprawling federal investigation into Trump’s attempts to cling to power after losing the election to President Biden. | The charges, brought by the special counsel Jack Smith in Federal District Court in Washington, emerged from a sprawling federal investigation into Trump’s attempts to cling to power after losing the election to President Biden. |
| Trump was charged on four counts: conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to threaten the rights of others, and one count each of conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding before Congress. Convictions on the first two would carry a sentence of up to five years in prison each; the obstruction charges carry up to 20 years. Prosecutors said Trump had six co-conspirators, but did not name them. | Trump was charged on four counts: conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to threaten the rights of others, and one count each of conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding before Congress. Convictions on the first two would carry a sentence of up to five years in prison each; the obstruction charges carry up to 20 years. Prosecutors said Trump had six co-conspirators, but did not name them. |
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| Today’s indictment represents an extraordinary moment in U.S. history: a former president campaigning to return to the White House being charged over attempts to use the levers of power to subvert democracy and remain in office against the will of voters. “Despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power,” prosecutors wrote. | Today’s indictment represents an extraordinary moment in U.S. history: a former president campaigning to return to the White House being charged over attempts to use the levers of power to subvert democracy and remain in office against the will of voters. “Despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power,” prosecutors wrote. |
| Trump was charged by federal prosecutors in June for illegally holding onto classified documents. He also faces counts in another case in Manhattan as well as potential charges in Georgia. | |
| “Not to pooh-pooh the earlier indictments of Trump — they carry serious accusations,” my colleague Ben Protess told me. “But this one strikes more so at the core of American democracy. This one is about the peaceful transfer of power. This is about making sure that whoever people voted for is in fact inaugurated as president.” |