The indictment alleges that Trump and his co-conspirators organized the formation of fraudulent electors from seven states - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Trump and others attempted to substitute them with a slate of “illegitimate electors” who would switch their state’s electoral votes to Trump, thereby “disenfranchis millions of voters.”

Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.Īccording to the indictment, Trump used “the pretext of baseless fraud claims” to push state legislators and election officials in swing states “to ignore the popular vote” by dismissing “legitimate electors” who were selected to submit the Electoral College votes of their state in favor of Joe Biden. Trump speaks at his “Save America March” rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. The indictment includes five sections outlining the “manner and means” in which Trump is alleged to have conspired “to impair, obstruct, and defeat” the proper certification of Electoral College votes “through dishonesty, fraud, and deceit.”

And for the fourth count, the former president could be fined and/or imprisoned for a maximum of 10 years. “If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor,” the federal statute states.Ī conviction on the second and third counts, which are related and fall under the same statute, are punishable by a fine and/or not more than 20 years in prison. If found guilty of the first count, Trump could be fined, imprisoned up to five years, or both.

Count four: conspiracy against rights, a violation of 18 U.S.C.

Count three: obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, a violation of 18 U.S.C.

Count two: conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, a violation of 18 U.S.C.

Count one: conspiracy to defraud the United States, a violation of 18 U.S.C 371.

The indictment includes four federal counts against Trump: Here, we answer some questions about this indictment against Trump, the third indictment against the former president and the second on federal criminal charges. “This case is brought consistent with that commitment and our investigation of other individuals continues.” Since the attack, “the Department of Justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day,” Smith said. Smith added that the law enforcement personnel who defended the Capitol that day were “heroes” who “put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people.” Capitol “was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy” and that “it was fueled by lies” by Trump. District Court for the District of Columbia, said in a statement that the Jan. Jack Smith, the special counsel who filed the case in U.S.

The indictment provides an analysis of the false election fraud claims made by Trump, saying “the Defendant knew that they were false” and had been “notified repeatedly that his claims were untrue - often by the people on whom he relied for candid advice on important matters, and who were best positioned to know the facts.” The grand jury indictment details allegations of criminal conspiracies, “built on the widespread mistrust the Defendant was creating through pervasive and destabilizing lies about election fraud,” that “targeted a bedrock function of the United States federal government: the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election.”

1, the Department of Justice filed an indictment against former President Donald Trump concerning his attempts to remain in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election - efforts that culminated in obstructing the counting of electoral votes on Jan.

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