Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday in an unprecedented criminal case accusing the former president of trying to subvert the will of American voters through
his attempts to cling to power after he lost the 2020 election.
The
indictment by a federal grand jury in Washington charges Trump with four crimes, including conspiring to defraud the U.S., obstructing an official proceeding, and conspiring against the rights of voters for his actions that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021,
attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol. The indictment charges Trump alone, but describes six co-conspirators working with him, including people identifiable as Rudy Giuliani and several other lawyers who worked with him to contest the 2020 election results.
Many of the details referenced in the case have been previously revealed, including from a House panel that investigated the attack.
But the 45-page document paints a detailed portrait of Trump’s alleged efforts to press claims that the election had been marred by fraud, even though he had been told repeatedly they had no merit, and how he leaned on officials in battleground states he had lost including Arizona, Georgia and Michigan to support his efforts.
After those initial efforts failed, the indictment alleges, Trump pushed his own Justice Department to falsely claim election fraud, and pressed Vice President
Mike Pence to overturn the results, telling Pence at one point: “you’re too honest.” He then called his supporters to Washington and urged them to “fight like hell” just before they marched to the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Trump is scheduled to appear in federal court in Washington on Thursday.
Trump Is Indicted in Federal Probe Over Efforts to Reverse 2020 Election
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This brings the indictment count for Trump to 3! For those who are keeping count... that is 3 times more than Biden, Obama and Hillary!