Trump has been charged by the Department of Justice with the following four counts:
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A conspiracy to defraud the United States “by using dishonesty, fraud and deceit to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election,” according to the special counsel’s office.
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A conspiracy to impede the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding at which the collected results of the presidential election are counted and certified.
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A conspiracy against the right to vote and to have that vote counted.
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Obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct and impede, the certification of the electoral vote.
In criminally charging former president Donald Trump for his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss, federal prosecutors allege that Trump enlisted six co-conspirators to “assist him in his criminal efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election and retain power.”
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Rudy Giuliani
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John Eastman
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Sidney Powell
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Jeffrey Clark
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Kenneth Chesebro
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Unknown political consultant
Updated 8/3/2023 by Jordan Lund
Washington, D.C. - 4 felonies, January 6th Election Interference
Investigation
Indictment
Arrest <- You Are Here
(Lawyers have until 8/10 to submit requested trial dates, which will be announced on 8/28)
Trial
Conviction
Sentencing
Georgia - Election Interference
Investigation <- You Are Here
2 new grand juries were impaneled on 7/11/2023.
Indictment - July 11th to September 1st.
(Grand Jury work expected July 31 to Aug. 18)
Arrest
Trial
Conviction
Sentencing
New York State - 34 felonies, Stormy Daniels Payoff
Investigation
Indictment
Arrest <- You Are Here
Trial - March 25th, 2024
Conviction
Sentencing
Florida - 40 felonies, Federal documents charges
Investigation
Indictment
The original indictment was for 37 felonies.
3 new felonies were added on July 27, 2023.
Arrest <- You Are Here
Trial - May 20, 2024
Conviction
Sentencing
Other grand juries, such as for the documents at Bedminster, have not been announced.
The E. Jean Carroll trial for sexual assault and defamation, where Trump was found liable and ordered to pay $5 million before immediately defaming her again, resulting in a demand for $10 million, is not listed as it’s a civil case and not a criminal one.
Sources:
Trumps 3rd Indictment - Conspiring to Defraud the United States - 1 August 2023
NBC News: Grand jury charges Trump in 2020 election probe: Highlights
Vox: Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election
CNN: August 1, 2023 Trump indicted in special counsel's 2020 election interference probe
Washington Post: Here are the Trump co-conspirators described in the DOJ indictment
Reason: Trump Indicted for Attempting To Overturn 2020 Presidential Election
FiveThirtyEight: All Of Trump's Indictments Could Seriously Bog Down His Campaign
Trump's Arraignment - 3 August 2023
AP: Trump is due to face a judge in DC over charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election
CBS News: Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges in special counsel probe
Chicago Tribune: Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
The Independent: Trump appears to stumble over his name and age at arraignment
Official Documentation
There's a very legitimate chance that Donald Trump could be convicted in multiple cases of multiple crimes and still win the presidency.
The implications of that are terrifying.
Welp, better get all the zoomers registered to vote.
While I agree with this so much, every election we say that. And it never pans out
Actually, in the last 3 elections younger voters have turned out in historic records.
2018, 2020, 2022 were the highest 18-29 participation in over 30 years.
Edit:
Related article:
https://archive.ph/2023.07.21-052839/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/19/gen-z-voters-2024/
Gen Z turnout was so effective in the 2022 midterms that many republicans have proposed raising the voting age.
I was reading about Vivek Ramaswamy on his Wikipedia page last night and I saw that he's seriously pushing raising the voting age to 25! What a bunch of absolute fascist shitheads. Trying to steal the right to vote from voters that disagree with them. Literally doing the thing they accuse Democrats of doing. It's the same old bullshit hypocrisy with those fuckfaces. I wish it still surprised me. How anybody could possibly support them at this point is beyond me. They've become a joke and nothing more at this point. I wish there was a serious opposition to the Democratic Party. It's not good to have only one sane party in a country. You want your party's ideas to be forged in the fire of scrutiny that comes with serious political conversations. But what Republicans have become is useless. At this point I can't wait for them to just fucking die as a party. Wipe them out so badly that a new party has to rise in their stead. And God I hope it looks nothing like the modern conservative bullshit ideology.
Every accusation from them is a confession. I'm not aware of a single exception.
Damn. Realizing this next election will be my first where I won't be considered a "young" voter anymore. 👨🦳
Welcome to the party, pal
Yeah, voting has never worked at probably any level for Zoomers. In Austin the state even overturned local ordinances that passed. It is so fucking hopeless
His supporters have been groomed (ahem) to think it’s all fake. From something I saw recently, 91% of Republicans don’t believe he has committed federal crimes.
It was a smaller percentage than that. What’s terrifying is that the percentage of people who support him is higher than the percentage of those who think he committed crimes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/us/politics/trump-republicans-poll-crimes.html#
This article states that 17% of voters who support him over Biden admit he committed crimes, but still support him.
Who could be surprised, really. Republicans are traitors.
I read that on this link. Is it accurate? idk. oh, i see now it says 'fox news viewers', but that's not really a different group, is it?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/whopping-91-of-fox-news-viewers-believe-trump-has-not-committed-federal-crimes-but-only-42-support-him-in-the-primary/ar-AA1eBAm1
And yet they're also the ones who would never support letting convicts vote... And probably would never support someone else who had committed a crime becoming president...
Big concern, especially with the case being tried in Florida federal court. This most recent case is filed in DC however, and the vast majority of people who live in DC are not very enamored with trump, to say the least.
You're not wrong but I want as fair and impartial jury as we can get.
If he "wins" in Florida but "loses" in DC it just becomes another "woke democrats" convicted me vs "patriots" saw the truth.
Don't get me wrong he'll say that regardless but losing in Florida is the best case. A simple fact-backed case that can not be weaseled out of. The grand jury shows that this is theoretically possible, now it's time for the courts to prove it. From what I've seen, that is what exists, so I hope that continues to hold true.
Half or more of the country don't tend to vote. Of the half that does. A little less than half of that are Republicans. Of Republicans, since they are the lawn order party they don't care about law and order for themselves. But only about a third of the party might honestly believe that he didn't do anything wrong. The rest just don't care.
And an equal chance he'll lose a 3rd popular vote and still have a chance of becoming president. We need to reform or straight out abolish the electoral college.
I don’t think he’d have a chance. His margins on the first win were razor thin and you can bet Dems would be out in droves to stop it.
That said, don’t take it for granted! Go out and vote dammit!
You say that but the last election came down to what? 40k humans in Wisconsin?
Sure Biden will probably wipe the floor with the popular vote, but the electoral college seems to favour the GOP
That’s my point, he had razor thin margins on many electoral college votes. It sure as hell wasn’t close on the popular vote, after all
South Africa would like to have a word... This is exactly what happened with Jacob Zuma. Thankfully not in a country that's a world superpower though... 😳
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Not really the jan 6 case would legally bar him from running in any state or federal election
Does it have to conclude before 2024?
They might be able to get him to take a plea deal sense he's only running not to go to jail drop all charges except the one barring him from running again
They might be able to get him to take a plea deal sense he's only running not to go to jail drop all charges except the one barring him from running again
This is in reference to the 14th amendment, right? Assuming that he's convicted before the election, how would that be enforced? Say New York refuses to put him on the ballot and SCOTUS says that they can't do that. What would happen then?
There's no "enforcing" it. He simply isn't the president, no matter what. If people working in the executive branch choose to obey a fake president instead of the real one, that's called a coup, and if it succeeds, the United States as we know it will no longer exist because it will be clear to everyone that the Constitution is no longer the law of the land.
And people are proud to live here….
Can he be on a federal ballot as a felon?
Felons can be elected president, but in most cases, cannot vote in the presidential election. Because, America... I guess.
He disqualified himself under the Fourteenth Amendment the moment he sent goons to attack Congress. As such, no state should list him on a ballot; he's not a valid candidate.
The legal question is does the Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment apply prior to conviction in Federal Court. Second, Congress can vote to ignore it with a 2/3 vote in the House.