By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
McALLEN, Texas | Four counts this time. In a federal indictment, we should add. Things get rougher for Donald J. Trump after this one. It goes to his many attempts to overturn the 2020 election, to negate the voters' choice for president, as it turned out that being Democrat Joe Biden.
This from axios.com: [ Trump was indicted on four counts Tuesday by special counsel Jack Smith over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment, unsealed Tuesday, is the latest legal peril faced by Trump, the Republican Party's frontrunner in the 2024 contest, and forces Republicans to reengage with Jan. 6.
Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.
"Despite having lost, the Defendant was determined to remain in power," the indictment reads.
The indictment said that Trump had co-conspirators to "assist him in his criminal efforts to overturn" the election. It goes on to reference six co-conspirators - including four attorneys, a former Department of Justice official and a political consultant - but did not name them.
Prosecutors had been investigating Trump's efforts to undermine President Biden's 2020 election victory and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
What he's (laughably) saying: "I hear that Deranged Jack Smith, in order to interfere with the Presidential Election of 2024, will be putting out yet another Fake Indictment of your favorite President, me, at 5:00 P.M.," Trump wrote on Truth Social, before the indictment was made public.
The indictment is the second set of federal charges lodged against the former president, who was last indicted over his handling of classified documents.
Good luck, Donnie. Could it be that no one is above the law, buddy?...
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