5 facts concerning Donald Trump's recent charges

Former President Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday for taking part in the upcoming 2020 election -
an attempt to draw a bloody crescendo among his supporters on January 6, 2021 in the American
capital. After an investigation by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, a grand jury voted to indict Trump on
conspiracy to defraud the United States, witness tampering and conspiracy to violate civil rights, and
entanglement and attempt to order an official trial.

Trump, who eventually goes to court, remains the front runner in the Republican primary. If he pleads
not guilty (as with the other complaints), we can learn of his trial when he pleads his case before the
White House.

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This is Trump's third criminal indictment, but it is much more than that.

The most recent charges pose serious legal risks.

What is Mr. Trump charged with?

What makes that a felony?

There are three conspiracies.

Is it necessary for prosecutors to convict Mr. Trump of a second crime?

Trump has labelled the indictment "fake." And, yes, he is still in the lead in the polls.

Charges for 2020 election interference are beginning to pile up.

This is Trump's third criminal indictment, but it is much more than that.
The former president is now at legal risk in three criminal cases - after being charged with
falsifying business records in 34 counts in March and 37 counts of misappropriating confidential
documents in June. Trump entered a not guilty plea on both counts.

A prosecutor in Fulton County, Georgia, is leading a separate investigation into Trump's alleged
attempts to pressure election officials there. And Trump is also fighting two civil lawsuits,
including a federal jury that found him liable for sexual assault and defamation.

But this latest allegation differs from Trump's other legal challenges.

The January 6, 2021 Justice Department investigation is one of the largest and most complex in
U.S. history -- it is at the center of an alleged attempt to overturn legitimate election results and
prevent a peaceful transfer of power.

The most recent charges pose serious legal risks.

The indictment charges Trump with four serious federal crimes:
· The conspiracy to defraud the United States is related to Trump's repeated and widespread
attempts to spread false claims about the November 2020 election even though he knew they
were untrue, and alleged attempts to illegally disregard legitimate votes, everything aiming to
wreck the 2020 election. the accusation.
. A conspiracy to obstruct official proceedings has been filed over alleged organized planning by
Trump and his allies to interfere with the certification of the January 2021 ballot.
. The obstruction and attempted obstruction of official procedures are related to actual efforts
by Trump and his co-conspirators after the November 2020 election through January 7, 2021 to
block the official certification process in Congress.

. Conspiracy against the Right is a Civil War law that applies to alleged attempts by Trump and
his co-conspirators to “suppress, threaten and intimidate” the people's right to vote in elections.

What is Mr. Trump charged with?

The allegations stem from a $130,000 payment made by Trump fixer Michael D. Cohen to porn
star Stormy Daniels in the closing days of the 2016 campaign. Cohen said he did that to Mr.
Trump's advice to suppress her account of a sexual encounter with Mr., she said. Trump card.
During his time as commander in chief, Mr Trump was Cohen, and that's where the fraud began,
prosecutors say.
Internal archives say Mr Trump's company paid Mr Cohen legal fees citing a rebate agreement.
However, the prosecutors say there were no such expenses, and the commission agreement
was also fictitious.
This data supports the 34 cases of forgery of business documents: 11 cases concern the checks,
11 concern monthly bills Mr. Cohen sent to the company, and 12 relate to Mr. Trump's
confidence.
What makes that a felony?
Falsifying company records can be a criminal offense. To make this a crime, prosecutor Alvin L.
Bragg must prove Trump's "intent to deceive" was in the service of a second crime.
In the present case it is unclear whether Mr Bragg has ascertained the details of the second
crime Bragg identified a number of potential underlying offences during a post-trial press
conference, including a violation of a state election law that forbids any conspiracy to promote
"the election." election of any person to public office by unlawful means."
There are three conspiracies.
The crimes detailed in Smith's indictment allege three conspiracies targeting the government's
core business of holding free and fair elections.
First, Smith accused Trump of plotting a conspiracy to deceive the United States. This allegation
stems from what prosecutors describe as using "dishonesty, fraud and deception" to obstruct
the electoral process.
Second, the indictment alleges conspiracy to obstruct the official electoral process, particularly
the January 6 electoral college vote count.
Finally, an anti-voting conspiracy is cited, claiming that Trump and his co-conspirators
deliberately attempted to disenfranchise voters.
Trump received a fourth charge of obstruction and attempted obstruction of the voting
certification process.

Is it necessary for prosecutors to convict Mr. Trump of a second crime?

NO. All they have to do is show that there was an intention to "commit or conceal" a second
crime. Prosecutors don't have to charge Trump with a secondary crime or prove he committed
one. However, prosecutors have not yet definitively said what felony or felonies they intend to
invoke to escalate the charges to misdemeanor level.

Trump has labelled the indictment "fake." And, yes, he is still in the lead in the polls.

Even before the indictments were dropped, Trump and his allies were actively working to bring
history under control, calling it a sham impeachment and accusing the Biden administration of
interfering in the 2024 election.

On Truth Social, Trump said a "false indictment" is evidence from "prosecutors." His campaign
team released a formal statement (and later fundraiser) calling it "election interference." And
his Republican allies in Congress -- and even some of his biggest GOP enemies -- are calling the
allegations political persecution by the Biden administration.

But as NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez pointed out in an interview with All
Things Considered, the attacks by Trump and his supporters are focused on the process — not
so much on the substance.

“They claim these are politically motivated allegations. They attack the Special Council. But they
don't necessarily refute specific allegations. They are not claiming that Trump never instigated
the supporters who attacked the Capitol," a group of bogus voters has asked.

That's because after two impeachment trials, three impeachment trials, and a string of
intervening scandals, Trump has conditioned his supporters to view any allegation against him
as a reason to rally behind him.
Charges for 2020 election interference are beginning to pile up.
The federal charges against Trump for undermining the 2020 election came shortly after the
release of similar allegations of election interference against a Trump ally in Michigan.

Matthew DePerno -- the youngest Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general who is
joining Trump's team to contest his 2020 defeat in the state -- was charged Tuesday with
attempting illegal access to voting machines.

According to the special counsel investigating the case, DePerno was charged with unlawful
possession of a voting machine, willful damage to a voting machine, and conspiracy.

Investigations into electoral interference are also ongoing elsewhere. Arizona's Democratic
attorney general is investigating voter fraud there in 2020, and a Georgia prosecutor will soon
release her long-awaited indictment as part of an investigation into efforts by Trump and his
allies to undermine the 2020 election there.

And all of these investigations are separate from the Department of Justice's extensive and
complex investigation into the events of January 6, 2021.

On that day, Trump supporters stormed the US capital, injuring dozens of police officers, forcing
a panic evacuation of the country's political leaders and threatening a peaceful transfer of
power after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.