#Trump has been charged w/four crimes: one count of #ConspiracyToViolateRights, one count of #ConspiracyToDefraudTheUnitedStates, & one count each of #ObstructingAnOfficialProceeding & conspiring to do so. Convictions on the first two would carry a sentence of up to five years in #prison each; the #obstruction charges carry up to 20 years.

- Charlie Savage
#IndictmentWatch
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/01/us/trump-indictment-jan-6/204f4010-97f5-5fde-9864-25f6cd680b18?smid=url-share

Trump Indicted on 4 Counts in 2020 Election Investigation: Live Updates

Former President Donald J. Trump was charged with four counts in connection with his efforts to subvert the will of voters in 2020. “Despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power,” prosecutors wrote.

The New York Times
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New details from the Jan. 6 committee report revealed that the Secret Service confiscated hundreds of weapons from the 28,000 spectators who passed through metal detectors to attend Trump's speech, hours before the Capitol attack.

How Jan. 6th Committee’s Revelations of Interference in Their Investigation Can Enable the Special Counsel

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Just Security
II. 18 U.S.C. § 371
#ConspiracyToDefraudTheUnitedStates
"…..conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States.