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Did someone mention Trump and the 2020 election?

Donald Trump hit with fresh criminal indictment in 2020 election case

US prosecutors attempt to tailor charges to reflect Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity

US prosecutors have filed a revised set of charges against Donald Trump over his alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, thrusting his legal woes back into the spotlight with just over two months to go in the White House race.

The superseding indictment, filed by special counsel Jack Smith in Washington federal court on Tuesday, is an attempt to comply with the Supreme Court decision that recognised broad immunity from criminal prosecution for presidents.

Smith’s move comes weeks after the high court ruled that the case would have to be examined by a federal judge to determine what elements were “official acts” for which Trump could not be charged.

It contains the same four core charges for which Smith charged the former president last year in connection with the aftermath of the 2020 election and the lead-up to the January 6 2021 attack on the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters.

However, the indictment no longer includes certain allegations that Trump instructed his Department of Justice to declare the election results corrupt, or his conversations with DoJ official Jeffrey Clark, whom Trump tried to make attorney-general...

Separately, a New York appeals court is set to hear arguments next month over whether Trump must pay more than $450mn after being found liable for fraud in a civil trial brought by the state’s attorney-general.

https://www.ft.com/content/acf27586-...7-78472fbcd958