United States v. Donald Trump. Again.
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
A grand jury has indicted former president Donald Trump for alleged crimes stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Today, what the third indictment of Trump means for the 2024 Republican front-runner.
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The four-count, 45-page indictment alleges that former president Donald Trump conspired to defraud the United States, conspired to obstruct an official proceeding and conspired against people’s rights. Trump, who is seeking to return to the White House in next year’s election, denied all wrongdoing. Special counsel Jack Smith said his office would seek a speedy trial.
Today, The Post’s Devlin Barrett breaks down the criminal charges against Trump for allegedly trying to overthrow the 2020 election. And, what this means as Trump continues to run for president in 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | A previously unimaginable thing has now happened for the third time. |
| 0:09.4 | The attack on our nation's capital on January 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the |
| 0:16.7 | seat of American democracy. |
| 0:18.7 | It's described in the indictment it was fueled by lies. |
| 0:23.4 | A former president has been indicted again. |
| 0:26.8 | U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith filed the latest charges against former president Donald |
| 0:31.5 | Trump early Tuesday evening. |
| 0:34.6 | An indictment was unsealed, charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United |
| 0:41.2 | States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an |
| 0:47.9 | official proceeding. |
| 0:49.4 | As soon as that indictment was unsealed, reporters poured through it, digging into exactly |
| 0:55.7 | what the government alleged Trump did. |
| 1:06.9 | Devlin Barrett reports on national security and law enforcement for the post. |
| 1:11.1 | This is now the third indictment against the former president that Devlin has been reporting |
| 1:15.1 | on. |
| 1:16.1 | But Devlin says that this one, this new one, it stands out from the rest. |
| 1:21.1 | I think what the indictment tries to do is put Trump's actions into a bigger picture |
| 1:28.4 | of how American government works and basically makes the argument that in a truly historic |
| 1:35.2 | sense what Trump set out to do was really demolish a real foundational element of our country |
| 1:44.0 | and our government, which is the peaceful transfer of power. |
| 1:50.1 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 1:53.8 | I'm Elahe Zaddi, it's Wednesday, August 2nd, today the latest test Donald Trump will |
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