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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 16:40:25 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 16:41:53 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Trump informed he has been indicted - reportDonald Trump has been informed he has been indicted by a federal grand jury regarding the special counsel’s probe into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources with direct knowledge have told ABC News. Donald Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 presidential electionA federal grand jury hearing evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election has voted to indict the former president, according to a court document. Smith has been looking into Trump’s efforts to remain in office following his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden, including the deadly 6 January 2021 riot in which his supporters overran the Capitol building in Washington DC. Trump is already facing criminal charges in Florida for illegally hoarding classified documents from his presidency, and prosecution in New York for a hush-money payment to an adult movie star. He is also expected to face state charges in Georgia over Trump’s efforts there to reverse his defeat to Biden in the 2020 election. Trump currently leads in polling for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination by a wide margin.
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 16:46:04 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Trump indicted on four chargesDonald Trump has been indicted on four counts involved with trying to overturn the 2020 election by special counsel Jack Smith. The former president faces the charges: --Conspiracy to Defraud the United States --Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding --Obstruction of and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding --Conspiracy Against Rights The indictment lists six co-conspirators but does not name them: four attorneys, a justice department official and a political consultant. -Indictment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.1.0_1.pdf
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 16:50:35 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 16:51:56 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Trump summoned to appear in court on ThursdayDonald Trump has been summoned to appear before a federal magistrate judge on Thursday in Washington, after the former president was charged by the justice department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump is expected to be arraigned at the DC district court before magistrate judge Moxila A Upadhyaya.
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:03:21 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Indictment includes six co-conspiratorsThe indictment lists six co-conspirators but does not name them. They are: --Co-Conspirator 1: An attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the Defendant’s 2020 re-election campaign attorneys would not. --Co-Conspirator 2: An attorney who devised and attempted to implement a strategy to leverage the Vice President’s ceremonial role overseeing certification proceeding to obstruct the certification of the presidential election. --Co-Conspirator 3: An attorney whose unfounded claims of election fraud the Defendant privately acknowledged to others sounded “crazy.” Nonetheless, the Defendant embraced and publicly amplified Co-Conspirator 3’s disinformation. --Co-Conspirator 4: A Justice Department official who worked on civil matters and who, with the Defendant, attempted to use the Justice Department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims of election fraud. --Co-Conspirator 5: An attorney who assisted in devising and attempting to implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding. --Co-Conspirator 6: A political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins writes that the co-conspirator 1 will likely be Rudy Giuliani, who served as Trump’s attorney at the time in the wake of his 2020 presidential election loss. Politico’s Kyle Cheney writes that the second co-conspirator appears to be John Eastman, who was in the vanguard of lawyers plotting schemes involving “fake electors” and other ploys to help Trump thwart Joe Biden’s win in 2020.
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:06:10 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:06:49 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:13:04 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Special counsel Jack Smith is scheduled to give a statement at 6pm EST at his office in Washington, according to a Department of Justice news release.
The Trump case has been assigned to US district judge Tanya S Chutkan, according to the court docket. Chutkan, an Obama appointee, is the only federal judge in Washington who has sentenced January 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested, according to NBC.
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:13:53 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:14:20 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:14:55 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:16:08 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:23:54 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Special counsel Jack Smith says he will seek a 'speedy trial'Special counsel Jack Smith has delivered remarks regarding his investigation into Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Smith encouraged everyone to read the full indictment and said the department of justice has “remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened” on January 6 2021. He described the January 6 insurrection as “an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy” that was “fueled by lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing the bedrock function of the US government admissions process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election”. The men and women of law enforcement who defended the US Capitol that day “are heroes, they’re patriots and they’re the very best of us”, Smith said. He said his office will seek a speedy trial so that the evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizens. Smith added: I must emphasise that the indictment is only an allegation and that the defendant must be presumed innocent until proven guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt, in a court of law.
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Post by Webster on Aug 1, 2023 17:29:04 GMT -5
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