Conspiracy to voter fraud
Charges filed against Trump for storming the Capitol
08/01/2023, 11:45 p.m
The grand jury approves another indictment against former President Donald Trump. This is related to the attack by his followers on the Capitol. He is also accused of trying to influence the last US presidential election.
Former US President Donald Trump faces a court hearing in connection with his supporters’ storming of the Capitol. According to court documents, the Republican faces four counts in connection with attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 45-page indictment accuses Trump of conspiracy to defraud the United States, among other things. “The intent of the conspiracy was to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election using knowingly false allegations of voter fraud,” the indictment said.
Special Counsel Smith is seeking a speedy trial against Trump. “In this case, my office will seek an expeditious process to allow our evidence to be examined and found in court,” Smith said after the historic indictment. “The attack on our nation’s capital on January 6, 2021 was an unprecedented attack on the seat of American democracy,” the prosecutor said. The attack was due to Trump’s lies. Investigations against other people in this connection continued.
summons later this week
According to the indictment, Trump is due to appear in federal court in Washington this Thursday. There was no comment from Trump. Shortly before the documents were published, he had stated that Smith would make the charges public.
It is the second federal charge against 77-year-old Trump and the third charge against the ex-president for a criminal offense. Trump wants to run again for the Republicans in the presidential election next year. He denies all allegations and sees any legal action against him as an attempt by his opponents to prevent him from moving back into the White House.
Trump’s campaign team fumed that the charges were another attempt by President Joe Biden’s administration to interfere in the 2024 presidential election. This is reminiscent of what happened in Nazi Germany and other authoritarian regimes. Trump has always obeyed the law.
Lying after a lost election
Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden. He never admitted his defeat, but has since stubbornly spread unsubstantiated claims and lies that massive electoral fraud robbed him of a victory. At the time, Trump and those around him tried to use various channels to subsequently overturn the result – including with lawsuits, but also with political pressure on decision-makers in the federal government and in various states.
Trump’s campaign against the outcome of the election finally culminated in an unprecedented outbreak of violence on January 6, 2021: On that day, supporters of the Republican stormed the seat of the US Congress, where Biden’s election victory was to be formally confirmed at the time. Trump had once again goaded his supporters in a speech shortly before, claiming that he had been deprived of a victory by massive election fraud.
A violent mob then invaded Congress. Five people died in the riots. The US Department of Justice appointed special counsel Jack Smith in November to outsource the politically sensitive investigation into Trump’s case.