When the KKK tried to steal the 1872 presidential election by killing and intimidating Black voters, federal troops swept in and arrested hundreds of Klansmen, and the new Department of Justice secured convictions in 140 cases.
That same law is now being used to prosecute #Trump, as the basis of the 4th count of special counsel Jack Smith's indictment
https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-the-ku-klux-klan-acts-1870s-laws-to-protect-black-voters-ignored-for-decades-now-being-used-against-trump-202923
A brief history of the Ku Klux Klan Acts: 1870s laws to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, now being used against Trump
One of the charges against Donald Trump dates back to the 1870s and was designed to give the federal government the power to ensure states held free and fair elections.

