A Private Criminal Effort
The Special Prosecutor details how "candidate" Trump was not acting in his official capacity when he "used deceit to target every stage of the electoral process."
A federal judge unsealed a redacted 165-page legal brief establishing the criminal case against Donald Trump. "Working with a team of private co-conspirators, the defendant acted as a candidate when he pursued multiple criminal means to disrupt, through fraud and deceit, the government function by which votes are collected and counted — a function in which the defendant, as President, had no official role.” The report establishes step-by-step that Trump's conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election "was a private criminal effort."
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli-American Council summit on Sept. 19. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
By Spencer S. Hsu, Josh Dawsey, Tom Jackman and Amy Gardner
In a filing that argues Trump is not immune from prosecution, Jack Smith offered new details of the former president’s alleged efforts to overturn the election.
Video: Jack Smith: Trump 'resorted to crimes' to try and overturn 2020 election, MSNBC | 10/3/2024
The judge in former President Trump’s election interference case unsealed new evidence yesterday.