Trump indicted again.

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for his plan to stay in power...

latest indictment

[steve...]

Trump indicted on four criminal counts.

45 page document. 6 co-conspiritors also included. Respected Judge is also announced.

[SteveG]

Former President Trump has been indicted by a Washington grand jury on charges stemming from his efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election.

The indictment comes after Trump pursued a multi-pronged plan to stay in office, turning to the Justice Department, state officials and even his own supporters, who ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 after former Vice President Mike Pence refused Trump’s request to overturn the election results.

Trump will face charges on four counts for three different crimes including for conspiring to deprive citizens the “free exercise” of constitutional rights like voting.

If convicted, offenders face a fine or up to a 10 years in prison.

Also included were charges for conspiracy to defraud the United States, a nod to the Trump campaign’s creation of fake electoral certificates that were submitted to Congress.

The charges also include obstruction of an official proceeding, one of the charges also leveled at numerous rioters who entered the building, including members of the Oath Keepers and military and chauvinist group the Proud Boys.

The inclusion of a conspiracy charge also suggests there could be other co-defendants included in the indictment.

[vision63]

Aw man, I'm reading. This is juicy.

[Lemon Drop]

This is it. What we've been waiting for.

The other indictments matter, but this is the most important by far.

[steve...]

Part of an article from CNN:

Trump has been summoned to appear before a magistrate judge in Washington, DC, federal court at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, the Justice Department announced.

Six unindicted co-conspirators were included. Among the six are four unnamed attorneys who allegedly aided Trump in his effort to subvert the 2020 election results. Also included is one unnamed Justice Department official who “attempted to use the Justice Department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims of election fraud.”

Smith also mentions an unnamed “political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.”

[btfc]

Rico!

[hal]

Conspiracy to Defraud the United States

damn, that has a nice ring to it...

[hal]

You watch - he's gonna try to serve up Eastman as his fall guy

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the co-conspirators:

[SteveG]

Hang Mike Pence!

(seriously, PBS Newshour is doing a very good job of going through this.)