Trump has been charged by the Department of Justice with the following four counts:
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A conspiracy to defraud the United States “by using dishonesty, fraud and deceit to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election,” according to the special counsel’s office.
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A conspiracy to impede the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding at which the collected results of the presidential election are counted and certified.
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A conspiracy against the right to vote and to have that vote counted.
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Obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct and impede, the certification of the electoral vote.
In criminally charging former president Donald Trump for his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss, federal prosecutors allege that Trump enlisted six co-conspirators to “assist him in his criminal efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election and retain power.”
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Rudy Giuliani
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John Eastman
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Sidney Powell
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Jeffrey Clark
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Kenneth Chesebro
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Unknown political consultant
Updated 8/3/2023 by Jordan Lund
Washington, D.C. - 4 felonies, January 6th Election Interference
Investigation
Indictment
Arrest <- You Are Here
(Lawyers have until 8/10 to submit requested trial dates, which will be announced on 8/28)
Trial
Conviction
Sentencing
Georgia - Election Interference
Investigation <- You Are Here
2 new grand juries were impaneled on 7/11/2023.
Indictment - July 11th to September 1st.
(Grand Jury work expected July 31 to Aug. 18)
Arrest
Trial
Conviction
Sentencing
New York State - 34 felonies, Stormy Daniels Payoff
Investigation
Indictment
Arrest <- You Are Here
Trial - March 25th, 2024
Conviction
Sentencing
Florida - 40 felonies, Federal documents charges
Investigation
Indictment
The original indictment was for 37 felonies.
3 new felonies were added on July 27, 2023.
Arrest <- You Are Here
Trial - May 20, 2024
Conviction
Sentencing
Other grand juries, such as for the documents at Bedminster, have not been announced.
The E. Jean Carroll trial for sexual assault and defamation, where Trump was found liable and ordered to pay $5 million before immediately defaming her again, resulting in a demand for $10 million, is not listed as it’s a civil case and not a criminal one.
Sources:
Trumps 3rd Indictment - Conspiring to Defraud the United States - 1 August 2023
NBC News: Grand jury charges Trump in 2020 election probe: Highlights
Vox: Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election
CNN: August 1, 2023 Trump indicted in special counsel’s 2020 election interference probe
Washington Post: Here are the Trump co-conspirators described in the DOJ indictment
Reason: Trump Indicted for Attempting To Overturn 2020 Presidential Election
FiveThirtyEight: All Of Trump’s Indictments Could Seriously Bog Down His Campaign
Trump’s Arraignment - 3 August 2023
AP: Trump is due to face a judge in DC over charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election
CBS News: Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges in special counsel probe
Chicago Tribune: Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
The Independent: Trump appears to stumble over his name and age at arraignment
Official Documentation
Federal prosecutors are patient, because that’s what wins cases. I’d bet my left kidney Trump is in jail within 12 months.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/06/11/only-2-of-federal-criminal-defendants-go-to-trial-and-most-who-do-are-found-guilty/
I hope you have a functional right kidney. This slippery fucker has been getting away with crimes his whole life, and he’s basically a coin flip away from being president again. If he wins in ‘24, he’s going to dismiss every Federal case against him and go on a revenge tour. It’ll get real ugly.
I should add that I believe he deserves to die in prison, just in case that’s not clear.
How is it possible that someone can be under investigation and trial and simply pardon himself. How is this a legal course of action for a criminal to take in the United States?
Have you read The Constitution? It is short. Give it a read.
The President can pardon federal crimes. There are no specific constraints on that power.
You can argue that the idea of a President pardoning themselves is legally grey but that would be a question for The Supreme Court. Have you taken a gander at who sits on The Supreme Court at the moment?
It is entirely possible that Trump runs from jail, wins, pardons himself, directs the DOJ to dismiss any remaining cases, and moves on.
The President cannot pardon state crimes and so New York and Georgia are beyond his power. That said, Georgia has a Republican governor that I believe has pardon power in his state.
I do not see Trump getting pardoned in New York but those are the weakest charges and the most easily interpreted as a politically motivated witch hunt. If those are the only remaining charges, “The President” can apply a lot of pressure to them and, you know, incite an uprising.
I think Jack Smith is doing a really great job. The most likely outcome seems like jail for Trump. There will be enough convincingly negative stuff coming out of these trials make Trump look pretty damn bad in the news as “independents”’ are making their voting decisions.
I think Trump wins the Republican primary but loses the election. In doing so, he denies himself a Republican President to pardon him ( ironically ). He is thus convicted and goes to jail.
All that said, the darkest timeline possible is pretty dark and pretty crazy.
If the US gets through this, I hope they consider either eliminating or limiting pardon power. It has become very politicized and just makes a mockery of the justice system.
I’m pretty sure that I’ve read recently that due to a string of really shady governors abusing the privilege a few decades ago, the governor has zero pardon power in Georgia.
They gave that power to a parole board, and my understanding is that they just don’t grant pardons lightly… there has to be exculpatory evidence proving the innocence of the convict, and Trump is not likely to have any.
As with lots of issues surrounding him and the US government, the system wasn’t designed to be packed with people acting in bad faith AND a huge chunk of the population ignoring it.
It’s basically the idea that this thing isn’t explicitly illegal, so it must be legal.
Because Gerald Ford got the Presidency in exchange for pardoning Nixon.
Explains, among other things, why he’s absolutely losing his mind on TruthSocial. Fucker is scared.
His fear gives me life. That asshole deserves to be afraid for the rest of his life for what he’s done to this country.
I bet contractors in Atlantic City are getting sloshed and laughing their asses off today.
If he could read he’d be very upset
Yeah, they generally don’t write indictments in all caps.
Or giant text. But it probably does mention his name in every sentence.
He should be. Jack Smith is not fucking around and he’s laid out the entire case in the indictment. The other 6 co-conspirators are equally fucked.
That man is going to divide his ass on pikes from Florida to DC.
Jack Smith has prosecuted US Politicians before and was pulled from The Hague investigating war crimes in Kosovo to run this investigation
12 months is POSSIBLE, but keep in mind, the NY state trial isn’t until March, and the FL Federal trial is still scheduled for May, but it might get pushed because of the new charges and new defendant.
So, if you break down the numbers, it’s a different story.
97% of defendants plead guilty.
Of the 3% that fight their charges, 25% are acquitted.
That doesn’t sound like a different story.
I read this as: federal prosecutors go to trial with the goods.
97% of defendents recognize this immediately and plead guilty to try to get some leniency on their sentences. Only three percent of the grand total feel that the government’s case is weaker… and three quarters of those people are wrong.
Agreed.
Saying that 25% of defendants that fight federal indictment are acquitted makes it sound like the 97% that plead guilty are idiots ( and represented by incompetent lawyers ).
It seems unlikely that 25% of the 97% that plead guilty would walk if they fought. As you say, it is much more likely that these cases are almost certain wins for the DOJ and those charged know it. The guilty pleas are thus an attempt to minimize sentencing or to negotiate a deal ( such as flipping on somebody else ).