An Unprecedented Assault on Democracy
Trump and six uncharged co-conspirators knowingly lied about mass voter fraud as part of a detailed plan "to remain in power," despite knowing he had lost the election.
The four-count federal indictment includes conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiring against people’s civil right to have their vote counted. The indictment accuses Trump of orchestrating "an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.”
Former president Donald Trump in June. He denies all wrongdoing in relation to the 2020 election. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election, Washington Post | 8/1/2023
By Devlin Barrett, Spencer S. Hsu, Perry Stein, Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany
A grand jury indicted former president Donald Trump on Tuesday for a raft of alleged crimes in his brazen efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory — the latest legal and political aftershock stemming from the riot at the U.S. Capitol 2½ years ago.
Video: Complete statement from Special Counsel Jack Smith on Trump Indictment, C-SPAN | 8/1/2023
Special Counsel Jack Smith: "Today an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump... The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy."