Tracking the Charges in Trump’s Indictments
Joe Biden ’s electoral victory in Georgia, marking the fourth time the former president has been indicted this year and deepening his legal woes ahead of the 2024 election. Trump faces a total of 13 charges, alleging a criminal racketeering scheme in which he pressured public officials and conspired to commit forgery, create false statements and file false documents. Mar-a-Lago classified-document investigation Special counsel Jack Smith issued an indictment in June related to classified documents found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home that contained information about sensitive military secrets and nuclear programs.
The 37-count indictment alleges Trump bragged to others about having classified documents and acknowledged that he wasn’t allowed to keep them. Smith brought three further charges in a superseding indictment in late July. Trump is charged with resisting efforts by the federal government to retrieve the records and also directing his staff to help him evade scrutiny by moving boxes and deleting security footage.
undefined Federal case on efforts to overturn the 2020 election Trump was indicted on Aug. 1 on charges of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in a series of alleged actions stretching from shortly after Election Day to President Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021.
The alleged conspiracy culminated on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol building and interrupted the certification of the Electoral College vote. The indictment alleges a group of aides and lawyers assisted Trump in spreading false allegations of voter fraud, plotting to submit slates of fake electors and pressuring former Vice President Mike Pence to stop Congress from certifying legitimate
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