Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday in connection with his attempts to overturn the 2020 election result, with federal prosecutors charging he made “knowingly false” claims of voter fraud in a desperate bid to stay in power after his defeat by Joe Biden.
The third indictment brought in four months against Trump, 77, consists of four counts — conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.
The 45th president faces up to 55 years in prison if convicted on all charges.
However, even if found guilty, Trump can still contest the 2024 presidential election, in which he’s the frontrunner for the Republican nomination and polling neck-and-neck with Biden in general-election matchups.
The indictment does not specifically charge Trump with the crime of inciting a riot through his defiant Jan. 6 speech in which he told thousands of supporters to descend on Congress or with specifically conspiring with rioters who pillaged the Capitol to disrupt certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College.
Six alleged co-conspirators are described but not named in the document and it’s unclear if they ultimately will face criminal charges. Context included in the indictment makes clear that five of the co-conspirators are former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Trump attorneys John Eastman and Sidney Powell, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and another Trump-linked attorney, Kenneth Chesebro.
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