Donald Trump, the former president, has been indicted once more in connection with his attempts to challenge the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, a campaign that ultimately led to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
On Tuesday, a federal grand jury issued a new indictment that mirrors the four charges from the initial indictment filed last August. These charges include conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding and attempts to obstruct, as well as conspiracy against rights.
The latest indictment was issued after the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity last month, which prevented the government from incorporating specific “official acts” performed by Trump during his presidency into the prosecution. “The superseding indictment, which was presented to a new grand jury that had not previously heard evidence in this case, reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Court’s holdings and remand instructions,” special counsel Jack Smith’soffice stated in the filing on Tuesday.
Donald Trump responded back to the news saying: “….For them to do this immediately after our Supreme Court Victory on Immunity and more, is shocking. I’ve also been informed by my attorneys, that you’re not even allowed to bring cases literally right before an Election – A direct assault on Democracy! This is an unprecedented abuse of the Criminal Justice System. The case has to do with “Conspiracy to Obstruct the 2020 Presidential Election,” when they are the ones that did the obstructing of the Election, not me. They cheated on the Election, and they go after me for “cheating on the Election.”
“Interestingly, this comes at the exact same time as Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook has admitted to concealing massive amounts of information, such as Hunter Biden’s Laptop from Hell, which is a direct acknowledgment that the 2020 Presidential Election was MANIPULATED and RIGGED by the DOJ. What they are doing now is the single greatest sabotage of our Democracy in History.”