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Donald Trump Re-Indicted in January 6 Case

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2024
Posted on Tue Aug 27, 2024 at 07:21:24 PM EST
Tags: Donald Trump, January 6 (all tags)
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Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed a new Indictment against Donald Trump in the January 6 case in the District of Columbia. (available here).

The charges are the same. But to comply with the recent Supreme Court decision saying his presidential acts were immune, the government changed the roles of those involved, and the wording and facts are different. The Indictment doesn't refer to acts while he was in the oval office, and instead uses his acts while he was just a candidate.

While prosecutors did not drop the four initial charges from the new indictment, they added more language that describes Trump as a "candidate," and not president, while describing others as "acting in their private capacity" and not "government officials."

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