Mike Pence told Jan. 6 special counsel he warned Trump ahead of the ‘tragic day’: Report
1 year ago

Mike Pence told Jan. 6 special counsel he warned Trump ahead of the ‘tragic day’: Report

Hindustan Times  

Earlier this year, ex-Vice President Mike Pence told special counsel Jack Smith how Donald Trump surrounded himself with “crank attorneys” after the 2020 elections. According to a report by ABC News, sources claimed that Pence also told the investigators that the then-president espoused “un-American” legal theories, and almost pushed the country toward a “constitutional crisis.” Former Vice President Mike Pence The 64-year-old Republican also disclosed that he warned Trump in the days leading up to the January 6 riots. Despite Pence's remarks, Trump continued with his belief and claimed that the election was “stolen.” Pence said that Trump behaved “recklessly” on the “tragic day” that shook the nation. While talking to Smith's team, Pence recalled his unwavering loyalty towards Trump at that time citing, “My only higher loyalty was to God and the Constitution.” The outlet's sources also added that the prosecution's questioning became so “granular” that at one point they even pushed Pence into addressing the misplacement of a comma in his book.

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Special counsel moves to abandon election interference and classified documents cases against Trump
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Special counsel moves to abandon election interference and classified documents cases against Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. They wrote that Trump’s return to the White House “sets at odds two fundamental and compelling …

Trump to fire Jack Smith's team — and order DOJ to investigate 2020 election: report
1 month ago

Trump to fire Jack Smith's team — and order DOJ to investigate 2020 election: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump plans to purge the team that worked with special counsel Jack Smith to try to prosecute Trump and assemble teams to investigate the 2020 election, The Washington Post reported Friday. According to the report, Trump wants to immediately seek revenge against the federal prosecutors who helped outgoing special counsel Jack Smith file two criminal cases against him, firing …

Trump renews baseless claims of election cheating, pairing 2020 lies with fresh threats
2 months ago

Trump renews baseless claims of election cheating, pairing 2020 lies with fresh threats

LA Times  

Then-President Trump speaks at a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president on Jan. 6, 2021. In a post Friday on his social media platform Truth Social, the Republican presidential nominee wrote that there was “rampant Cheating and Skulduggery” in 2020; that he and his allies are watching closely for similar problems in the current race; …

Column: Mike Pence’s story is crucial to the Jan. 6 case against Trump. Can Jack Smith still use it?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Mike Pence’s story is crucial to the Jan. 6 case against Trump. Can Jack Smith still use it?

LA Times  

Then-Vice President Mike Pence presides over the joint session of Congress that certified the results of the 2020 election. Even before special counsel Jack Smith submitted his extensive and revealing recent brief in the Jan. 6 case, it was evident that Donald Trump’s statements to then-Vice President Mike Pence would become a crucial legal battleground. It focuses particularly on the …

Some of the Wildest Details From Jack Smith’s New Jan. 6 Memo
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Some of the Wildest Details From Jack Smith’s New Jan. 6 Memo

Slate  

Last week, Jack Smith filed an extra-large motion packed with all the evidence he intends to use to prosecute Donald Trump. Trump Planned to Fight Election Results Well Before November In the months leading up to the 2020 election, Trump privately told his advisers, campaign staff, and former Vice President Mike Pence’s staff that he did not plan to accept …

"It was a mess": Melania Trump "questions the results" of 2020 election in new memoir
2 months, 2 weeks ago

"It was a mess": Melania Trump "questions the results" of 2020 election in new memoir

Salon  

Melania Trump doesn't agree with her husband on all the issues, but she's sticking by his side when it comes to conspiracies about the 2020 election. In a snippet of her upcoming memoir shared by the New York Times, Trump made it clear that she thinks there was something fishy about the election that former President Donald Trump handily lost …

Letters to the Editor: Jack Smith’s new Jan. 6 filing ought to embarrass the Supreme Court
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Jack Smith’s new Jan. 6 filing ought to embarrass the Supreme Court

LA Times  

An image of a noose and gallows outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is displayed during a House hearing in 2022. To the editor: Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s recent court filing, which addresses the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that former President Trump is immune from prosecution for official acts, exposes new and deeply disturbing details of …

After losing the 2020 election, Trump ‘resorted to crimes,’ special counsel alleges in court filing
2 months, 3 weeks ago

After losing the 2020 election, Trump ‘resorted to crimes,’ special counsel alleges in court filing

LA Times  

Insurrectionists loyal to President Trump try to breach a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors say Trump disregarded those assurances and “dozens of court decisions that unanimously rejected his and his allies’ legal claims.” In one key moment detailed in the filing, prosecutors say a lawyer who represented the former president during his first impeachment …

Jack Smith shows his cards just in time: January 6 case looks like the winning hand against Trump
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith shows his cards just in time: January 6 case looks like the winning hand against Trump

Salon  

Jack Smith’s latest filing in the election interference case against Donald Trump contains explosive reminders and bombshell revelations about the former president’s conduct following his 2020 election loss that would have made even Niccolo Machiavelli blush. Donald Trump left the White House.” This accounting was, as the New York Times observes, “short a few details — the violence, the deaths …

Pence and Trump’s frayed relationship leading up to Jan. 6 insurrection on full display in latest special counsel filing
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Pence and Trump’s frayed relationship leading up to Jan. 6 insurrection on full display in latest special counsel filing

CNN  

CNN — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s role in certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win over Donald Trump and his repeated refusals to help the former president overturn the results, was under a microscope in special counsel Jack Smith’s detailed court filing Wednesday. Trump, though, responded: “I don’t know, 2024 is so far off.” And during a November 23 phone …

"You still have to fight like hell": Trump wanted to overturn the 2020 election even if he "lost"
2 months, 3 weeks ago

"You still have to fight like hell": Trump wanted to overturn the 2020 election even if he "lost"

Salon  

After it became clear that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump told family members that they should continue to "fight like hell" regardless of the results, according to a court filing by special counsel Jack Smith that was unsealed Wednesday. The conversation took place on Marine One, per Smith, long after the "defendant had begun …

Ex-Trump lawyer: Jack Smith may have double-talked himself into a corner on Mike Pence
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-Trump lawyer: Jack Smith may have double-talked himself into a corner on Mike Pence

Raw Story  

Special counsel Jack Smith's decision to include evidence of former President Donald Trump's pressuring his vice president in Smith's paired-down indictment in the federal election conspiracy case may come back to haunt him, a former attorney for Trump said Wednesday. At issue, argued former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore to CNN's Wolf Blitzer, is that to comply with the Supreme Court's …

Jack Smith unseals new evidence in Trump 2020 election fraud case
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith unseals new evidence in Trump 2020 election fraud case

Daily Mail  

Special Counsel Jack Smith unseals stunning new evidence in his latest filing in Donald Trump's January 6th case, surfacing private conversations with top aides and lawyers who ridiculed his election fraud claims as coming from outer space. The 165-page filing, arguing that Trump's alleged conduct doesn't merit immunity under a new Supreme Court standard, casts Trump's as a plot by …

Trump's Response When He Learned Pence's Life Was In Danger On Jan. 6: 'So What?"
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump's Response When He Learned Pence's Life Was In Danger On Jan. 6: 'So What?"

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― When Donald Trump was told by a White House aide that his own vice president, Mike Pence, had to be evacuated from the Senate on Jan. 6, 2021, for his own safety following an inflammatory tweet from Trump, the former president had but a two-word response: “So what?” The anecdote was among hundreds of pieces …

Prosecutors: Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ after losing 2020 election in failed bid to cling to power
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Prosecutors: Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ after losing 2020 election in failed bid to cling to power

LA Times  

Former President Trump, campaigning Tuesday in Milwaukee, is not immune to 2020 election charges for private actions, prosecutors argue in a newly unsealed filing. Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud, and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according …

Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing

CNN  

CNN — Federal prosecutors laid out their most extensive case to date against former President Donald Trump for his effort to overturn the 2020 election in a sweeping legal brief that was unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge who is weighing the explosive criminal charges against him. “He extensively used private actors and his campaign infrastructure to attempt to overturn …

Trump trials: Trump's lawyers just won't take no for an answer in the Jan. 6 case.
54 years, 11 months ago

Trump trials: Trump's lawyers just won't take no for an answer in the Jan. 6 case.

Slate  

Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case—but there’s a lengthy appeals process ahead. Last week, Trump’s defense filed more court documents seeking to dismiss the election interference case and stall the classified documents appeals process. Trump Pushes to Dismiss the Jan. 6 Case In a court filing that was meant to …

Trump lawyers are zeroing in on Mike Pence for 2020 election case: legal expert
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump lawyers are zeroing in on Mike Pence for 2020 election case: legal expert

Raw Story  

Former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Harry Litman anticipated a key piece of Donald Trump's hearing that unfolded on Thursday, which proved to be accurate. Taking to X after Trump's attorneys and special counsel Jack Smith's team argued before Judge Tanya Chutkan in Thursday morning court proceedings, Litman pointed out that he long believed Trump's team would make his conversations …

Trump Reindicted On Coup Attempt Charges To Honor Supreme Court Immunity Ruling
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Reindicted On Coup Attempt Charges To Honor Supreme Court Immunity Ruling

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith Tuesday announced that a grand jury had reindicted former President Donald Trump on four charges related to his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt to honor the direction given by the U.S. Supreme Court in its July ruling holding that Trump was immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts.” “Today, a federal …

Expert reveals how 'explosive' witness in Trump's D.C. case may be called before election
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Expert reveals how 'explosive' witness in Trump's D.C. case may be called before election

Raw Story  

A former federal prosecutor says the federal judge in Washington, D.C. who was just re-handed former President Donald Trump's 2020 election fraud case is now tasked with picking "through the wreckage" left by the Supreme Court — and deciding what is evidence, and what is not. Elie Honig, former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, joined …

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from making statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case
7 months ago

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from making statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case

LA Times  

Prosecutors asked the judge to curb Donald Trump’s communications after he issued distorted and false statements about the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022. Federal prosecutors Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” …

Trump lawyer: 'Pence is to blame' for rioters wanting to hang him
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump lawyer: 'Pence is to blame' for rioters wanting to hang him

Raw Story  

A day after Trump supporters violently stormed the United States Capitol and chanted for the hanging of then-Vice President Mike Pence, former Trump lawyer Ken Chesebro had decided whom to blame for the fiasco. Chesebro then speculated that if Pence had said from the very start that he believed Trump's plan to remain in power was flatly unconstitutional, then "Trump …

The New Jan. 6 Testimony Against Trump Will Be Devastating at Trial
54 years, 11 months ago

The New Jan. 6 Testimony Against Trump Will Be Devastating at Trial

Slate  

On Sunday, ABC News reported on new evidence now in the hands of special counsel Jack Smith that signals a turning point for the prosecution against Donald Trump. The statements that ABC reported are new, in part, because witnesses like Scavino and Mark Meadows, the Trump White House chief of staff, didn’t speak with the House Jan. 6 committee. Scavino …

New report reveals Trump’s two-word response to being told Mike Pence was rushed to a secure location on Jan 6
11 months, 2 weeks ago

New report reveals Trump’s two-word response to being told Mike Pence was rushed to a secure location on Jan 6

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump aide Nick Luna told Mr Smith’s team about the moment Mr Trump was …

Trump 'blindsided' closest advisers on Jan. 6 with Twitter post encouraging more violence
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump 'blindsided' closest advisers on Jan. 6 with Twitter post encouraging more violence

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's Twitter post on Jan. 6 that lashed out at former vice president Mike Pence while supporters of the now former president were trashing the U.S. Capitol both "blindsided" and infuriated some of his top advisers, reports ABC News. According to the Sunday morning report, senior Trump advisor Dan Scavino, who normally does the posting on Trump's social media …

Jack Smith has 'powerful' new evidence proving intent in Jan. 6 case: legal experts
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith has 'powerful' new evidence proving intent in Jan. 6 case: legal experts

Raw Story  

Newly revealed recordings of right-wing attorney Kenneth Chesebro describing the last-minute scramble to block certification of President Joe Biden's election win provides special counsel Jack Smith with powerful new evidence. The recordings made by Georgia prosecutors and obtained by CNN provide new details into the scheme to get fake elector certificates from two key battleground states to Washington, D.C., just …

Jack Smith filing suggests he has testimony from Congress members that incriminates Trump
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jack Smith filing suggests he has testimony from Congress members that incriminates Trump

Raw Story  

Special counsel Jack Smith submitted a filing Wednesday that indicated he has testimony from members of Congress that he intends to use in Donald Trump's 2020 election trial. Smith requested that, when trial witnesses are cross-examined, Trump's lawyers be barred from asking questions that would force them to breach attorney-client privilege or the Speech and Debate Clause. They could also …

"Chilling moment": Liz Cheney says she secretly listened to phone call revealing Trump's Jan. 6 plot
1 year ago

"Chilling moment": Liz Cheney says she secretly listened to phone call revealing Trump's Jan. 6 plot

Salon  

Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in her upcoming book "Oath and Honor," disclosed the moment she learned of former President Donald Trump's plot to paint his loss of the 2020 presidential election as fraudulent, calling it "a very dangerous and chilling moment." MSNBC's Rachel Maddow read an excerpt from the book, detailing a phone call made two days before the …

Bombshell news report indicates 'Pence will testify' against Trump: legal expert
1 year ago

Bombshell news report indicates 'Pence will testify' against Trump: legal expert

Raw Story  

A new report about Mike Pence's internal struggle over certifying the 2020 election is raising new questions about whether the former vice president will help bring down Donald Trump in the federal investigation. According to the ABC News report, as late as Christmas Eve 2020, Pence was saying he wouldn't attend the Jan. 6 proceeding, apparently leaving Sen. Chuck Grassley …

Mike Pence told probe he initially decided to skip Jan 6 proceedings
1 year ago

Mike Pence told probe he initially decided to skip Jan 6 proceedings

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “You know, I don’t think I have the …

Legal expert singles out key piece of evidence linking Trump to Jan. 6 violence
1 year, 1 month ago

Legal expert singles out key piece of evidence linking Trump to Jan. 6 violence

Raw Story  

While Judge Aileen Cannon is doing all she can to delay Donald Trump's obstruction of justice trial in Florida being pursued by special counsel Jack Smith, the DOJ's case against the former president in Judge Tanya Chutkan's courtroom is on track where prosecutors are expected to tie him to inciting the violence that rocked the Cap[itol on Jan. 6. According …

Special Counsel Jack Smith argues that Trump can still be convicted in Jan 6 case even if former president genuinely believed he won the election, challenging key plank of former president's expected
1 year, 1 month ago

Special Counsel Jack Smith argues that Trump can still be convicted in Jan 6 case even if former president genuinely believed he won the election, challenging key plank of former president's expected

Daily Mail  

Special Counsel Jack Smith's team have filed another blistering filing in Donald Trump's January 6 case, accusing him of 'deceit, trickery, or dishonest means,' while arguing his own belief that he won the 2020 election isn't relevant to charges he defrauded the government. The indictment that has Trump heading toward a March trial in federal court in Washington, DC charges …

Trump reacts to Mike Pence dropping out of the 2024 race
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump reacts to Mike Pence dropping out of the 2024 race

The Independent  

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Ex-Trump lawyer admits former president can't be gagged: He's 'uncontrollable'
1 year, 2 months ago

Ex-Trump lawyer admits former president can't be gagged: He's 'uncontrollable'

Raw Story  

Donald Trump continued his assault on Judge Arthur Engoron and Attorney General Letitia James in his social media posts Thursday – though he stopped short of crossing the line set by a gag order imposed on him Tuesday which protected only the judge's staff. But, according to one former Trump staffer, even that gag order can't stop him. Trump has …

Donald Trump faces over $100 million fraud accusation in New York trial
1 year, 2 months ago

Donald Trump faces over $100 million fraud accusation in New York trial

Hindustan Times  

A defiant Donald Trump attacked New York's attorney general and the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial as it began on Monday, with a state lawyer accusing the former president of generating more than $100 million by lying about his real estate empire. Trump told reporters before the trial began that the case was a "scam," a "sham" and a …

Trump opposes US prosecutors' request to limit his comments on election fraud case
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump opposes US prosecutors' request to limit his comments on election fraud case

India Today  

Donald Trump pushed back at US prosecutors' request to curb some of his public statements about people involved in the federal court case accusing him of attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. The former US president's lawyers sharply opposed the request from Special Counsel Jack Smith for a court order limiting Trump’s out-of-court statements about potential …

Trump indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction in Jan 6 probe
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction in Jan 6 probe

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Trump speaks to supporters on January 6 shortly before the …

Trump vows to keep talking about criminal cases despite prosecutors pushing for protective order
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump vows to keep talking about criminal cases despite prosecutors pushing for protective order

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. WINDHAM, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday kept up his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith and vowed to continue talking about his criminal cases even as prosecutors sought a protective order to limit the evidence that Trump and his team could share. Federal prosecutors contend that Trump …

Trump rails against indictments at New Hampshire event and calls charges against him ‘bullsh*t’
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump rails against indictments at New Hampshire event and calls charges against him ‘bullsh*t’

CNN  

CNN — A day after Donald Trump’s posts on Truth Social were cited by prosecutors in a filing that requested strict rules on how the former president could use evidence, Trump ranted about his mounting legal issues while speaking to a large crowd in Windham, New Hampshire. Trump, during the over hour-long speech, attacked special counsel Jack Smith and called …

Moment Trump’s own lawyer ‘admits’ to indictment charge live on TV
1 year, 4 months ago

Moment Trump’s own lawyer ‘admits’ to indictment charge live on TV

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That’s not an issue of criminal activity.” MSNBC …

Trump to face charges of trying to overturn 2020 election defeat
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump to face charges of trying to overturn 2020 election defeat

Firstpost  

In a 45-page indictment on Tuesday, Special Counsel Jack Smith accused Trump and his allies of promoting false claims that the election was rigged, pressuring state and federal officials to alter the results and assembling fake slates of electors to try to wrest electoral votes from Joe Biden Former U.S. President Donald Trump is due to appear in court on …

Mike Pence Is No Hero. His Actions Might Send Trump to Jail Anyway.
1 year, 4 months ago

Mike Pence Is No Hero. His Actions Might Send Trump to Jail Anyway.

Slate  

Tuesday’s indictment of Donald Trump on felony charges, for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election and his role in the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, features six unnamed co-conspirators—and one very frequently named man who is not facing charges: former Vice President Mike Pence. As the indictment has it, “On several private …

Trump lawyer hints at a First Amendment defense in the Jan. 6 case. Some legal experts are dubious
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump lawyer hints at a First Amendment defense in the Jan. 6 case. Some legal experts are dubious

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s legal team is characterizing his indictment in the special counsel’s 2020 election interference investigation as an attack on the former president’s right to free speech. Those efforts, prosecutors wrote in the indictment, amounted to a disruption of a “bedrock function of the United States federal government: the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results …

Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss’s indictment
1 year, 4 months ago

Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss’s indictment

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Mike Pence fought the Department of Justice in court to try to avoid testifying against his former boss. Among the discussions: an episode in which Trump is alleged to have told Pence that he was “too honest” for rejecting Trump’s false claims that Pence had the power to overturn the vote. “You know I don’t think I …

All The Republicans Who Told Donald Trump He Was Lying About Election Fraud
1 year, 4 months ago

All The Republicans Who Told Donald Trump He Was Lying About Election Fraud

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump was repeatedly told by top Republican officials and allies, including people he often relied on for candid advice, that his claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election were bogus. Former Vice President Mike Pence “The Defendant’s Vice President—who personally stood to gain by remaining in office as part of the Defendant’s ticket …

‘Our country is more important than one man,’ Mike Pence condemns Trump’s attempt to overturn the election
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Our country is more important than one man,’ Mike Pence condemns Trump’s attempt to overturn the election

Hindustan Times  

Former Vice President Mike Pence issued a strong rebuke of former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, after his former boss was charged with four criminal counts related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and retain power. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo “Today’s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President …

Trump faces criminal charges over efforts to overturn 2020 US election
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump faces criminal charges over efforts to overturn 2020 US election

Deccan Chronicle  

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday on four felony counts that accuse him of working to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol. But the defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway — to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate, to create an intense …

Donald Trump charged with conspiracy for efforts to overturn 2020 election
1 year, 4 months ago

Donald Trump charged with conspiracy for efforts to overturn 2020 election

Live Mint  

Former US President Donald Trump indicted on Tuesday for attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Trump has been charged with: Conspiracy to defraud the United States Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding Obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding Conspiracy against rights Accordingly, Trump has been asked to appear in the federal court in Washington on Thursday. Special …

Here are the best guesses for Trump's six unidentified co-conspirators: report
1 year, 4 months ago

Here are the best guesses for Trump's six unidentified co-conspirators: report

Raw Story  

In the January 6 indictment of former President Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith names six unindicted co-conspirators, without identifying them directly. "Co-conspirator 1 is described in the indictment as an 'attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the defendant’s 2020 re-election campaign would not,'" reported Alan Feuer. Co-conspirator 2 is also obvious, per …

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