The charges accuse him of trying to subvert the will of voters and undo his election loss in the days before January 6th, 2021, when supporters stormed the US Capitol in a violent and bloody clash with law enforcement.
It is the third criminal case filed against Mr Trump this year, but the first to try to hold him criminally responsible for his efforts to cling to power in the weeks between his election loss and the Capitol attack that stunned the world as it unfolded live on TV.Mr Trump’s motorcade made its way through the US capital’s crowded streets, using lights and sirens – a journey documented in wall-to-wall cable news coverage.
An indictment on Tuesday from Mr Smith charges Mr Trump with four felony counts related to his efforts to undo his presidential election loss in the run-up to the January 6th, 2021, riot at the Capitol, including conspiracy to defraud the US government and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.
Mr Smith’s office has also charged him with 40 felony counts in Florida, accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents at his Palm Beach estate, Mar-a-Lago, and refusing government demands to give them back.And prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, are expected in coming weeks to announce charging decisions in an investigation into efforts to subvert election results in that state.
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