- Trump faces new 2020 election interference charges
- Updated charges come after a ruling that grants presidents immunity from criminal prosecution
- Revised indictment charges Trump as a political candidate, not a sitting president
- Trump has denied any wrongdoing and continues to claim voter fraud
Trump faces new 2020 election interference charges
U.S. prosecutors have filed new charges against former President Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to interfere in the 2020 election, following his loss to Joe Biden. These updated charges come after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that grants presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts while in office.
The revised indictment maintains the same four criminal counts against Trump but now frames them in the context of his actions as a political candidate rather than a sitting president. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and continues to claim, without evidence, that there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
The new charges, brought by Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith, include conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Trump’s legal team has not commented, but in a post on Truth Social, Trump dismissed the new indictment as an attempt to “resurrect a ‘dead’ Witch Hunt” and distract voters. He has called for the charges to be “dismissed IMMEDIATELY.”