Per ABC News, Donald Trump’s alleged attempt to meddle in the 2020 presidential election results continues to cause him problems. In July, Trump was notified by Special Counsel Jack Smith that he was looking into his role in the matter. Per the outlet, Smith delivered Trump’s legal team a target letter, which serves as a warning of possible indictment. Now, Trump has officially been indicted on four counts in connection with his plot to overturn the results leading up to January 6, 2021. Federal prosecutors said the former president “was determined to remain in power” after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, according to CNN.
“So for more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the defendant spread lies that there had been outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won,” the indictment reads. Although Trump was aware of said falsehoods, he “disseminated them anyway — to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate, create an intense atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and erode public faith in the administration of the election.” Six unnamed co-conspirators were also included in Smith’s probe.
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Trump’s campaign was quick to respond to the news. “This is nothing more than the latest corrupt chapter in the continued pathetic attempt by the Biden Crime Family and their weaponized Department of Justice to interfere with the 2024 Presidential Election, in which President Trump is the undisputed frontrunner, and leading by substantial margins,” the campaign stated (via The Guardian). They added that these “un-American witch hunts will fail and President Trump will be re-elected…”
