Jack Smith Files New Indictment Against Trump After Immunity Ruling
By: Nikki McCann Ramirez
... yeah, something tells me that attempting to overthrow the government isn't exactly an official act...
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After weeks of speculation regarding what would happen to Donald Trump's criminal indictments in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's immunity ruling, Special Counsel Jack Smith is sticking to his guns.
On Tuesday, Smith's office unveiled a superseding indictment against Trump relating to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. It contains the same four charges leveled against him in August of last year: conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.
Last month, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court ruled that presidents are entitled to immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while in office — a ruling that gave Trump a major win, as many observers believed it would directly threaten Smith's ability to prosecute the case.
The new indictment — crafted weeks after the ruling — slims down the allegations against the former president to focus on how his actions in the aftermath of the 2020 election broke from the established powers granted to the president in the Constitution. Prosecutors are now focusing on Trump's private conduct, including his use of social media and campaign events as amplifiers for his election conspiracy theories.
"Throughout the conspiracies, although the defendant sometimes used his Twitter account to communicate with the public, as president, about official actions and policies, he also regularly used it for personal purposes," prosecutors wrote, "including to spread knowingly false claims of election fraud, exhort his supporters to travel to Washington, D.C. on January 6, pressure the vice president to misuse his ceremonial role in the certification proceeding, and leverage the events at the Capitol on January 6 to unlawfully retain power."
Smith also describes Trump's rally at the Ellipse in Washington D.C. on the morning of Jan. 6 as "a campaign speech at a privately-funded, privately-organized political rally."
Prosecutors focused heavily on the actions taken by Trump and his allies to pressure state-level officials into meddling with election results, and the conspiracies that unfolded in several critical swing states.
The Justice Department has removed evidence and allegations related to Trump's interactions with his own Justice Department officials, which would qualify as official acts under the Supreme Court's ruling.
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... looks like another opportunity for the rwnj's on SCOTUS to eventually shoot their other foot off with regards to the christo-fascist quest for an imperial presidency.
Smith needs to push for, and the judge to accept, a rendition of the evidence against Trump in this upcoming hearing on the new indictment. The American people need to hear this before the election.
Inciting violence is not an official act
he violated his oath of office, plain and simple ...
Club Fed Here He Comes!
jack smith needs to be the next AG ...
... if only to make sure that maga terrorists all do federal time upon conviction.