As the noose tightens on Hunter and President Joe Biden and allegations of influence-peddling with foreign companies during the Obama-Biden White House, the Department of Justice has taken over the news cycle with another announced indictment of former President Donald Trump.
A grand jury on Tuesday announced a four-charge, 45-page indictment against Trump relating to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 march to the U.S. Capitol that ended up disrupting the certification of the Electoral College.
The indictment was not unexpected, as special prosecutor Jack Smith had already warned the Trump legal team that it was coming.
The grand jury named three conspiracies that Trump is accused of: Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct the election, and conspiracy against people’s rights.
The indictment says, “Despite having lost, the Defendant was determined to remain in power.”
Trump already faces several other charges, including financial dealings in New York, a supposed hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, and federal charges for mishandling classified documents.
On Saturday, Trump held a campaign rally in Erie, Penn., attended by over 4,000 people at Erie Insurance Arena. A few days before that, an estimated 50,000 people came to see him in Pickens County, S.C.
Minutes before the indictment was announced on Tuesday, Trump wrote on his social media platform, TruthSocial: “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,” he wrote.
He wrote that the indictment is timed to take attention away from damaging testimony earlier this week about the Biden criminal activities.
Trump will appear Thursday before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, D.C., less than two miles from the White House.
