Trump Indicted for "The Big Lie"

[canyonwalker]

Yesterday a federal grand jury indicted former president Donald Trump for illegal efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election. In "The Big Lie", as it came to be known, Trump spent months making baseless claims of election fraud which helped incite the mob that attacked the US Capitol building on January 6 to try to stop lawful certification of the November election results. The charges laid out in the 45 page indictment are:

1. Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
2. Conspiracy to Obstruct and Official Proceeding
3. Obstruction of, and Attempt to Obstruct, an Official Proceeding
4. Conspiracy Against Rights

Example coverage: CNN article, 1 Aug 2023; full text of indictment, annotated, at CNN, 1 Aug 2023.

Charges for Co-Conspirators Coming?

One thing that's interesting about this indictment is that it describes six unnamed co-conspirators. They're not charged in this indictment but it seems likely they will be in the near future. And while their names are not given, the descriptions of their actions make it pretty clear that they include Trump's lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and Sidney Powell.

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