On Tuesday, Special Counselor Jack Smith filed a revised indictment against Donald Trump related to his attempts to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election. The new, narrower set of charges is intended to account for the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in July that invented a previously nonexistent concept of legal immunity for U.S. presidents.
The biggest change to the indictment: All charges related to Trump’s attempts to bully Justice Department officials into supporting his lie that the 2020 election was stolen have been removed.
However, the majority of the original indictment remains. Trump still faces charges for the multiple ways he attempted to subvert the election, including the scheme to elevate fraudulent electors willing to lie about election results in several swing states. He also faces charges connected to efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into unconstitutionally refusing to certify the election results.
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