Trump has been charged by the Department of Justice with the following four counts:

  • 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.

  • A conspiracy to impede the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding at which the collected results of the presidential election are counted and certified.

  • A conspiracy against the right to vote and to have that vote counted.

  • 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.”

  1. Rudy Giuliani

  2. John Eastman

  3. Sidney Powell

  4. Jeffrey Clark

  5. Kenneth Chesebro

  6. 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

C-SPAN: The Not Above the Law Coalition, a group of organizations in support of accountability for those who opposed certifying the 2020 election results, holds a press conference ahead of the arraignment of former President Donald Trump.

C-SPAN: Coverage of the arraignment of former President Trump, stemming from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into election interference. The former president is facing four criminal charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States.

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

Read the indictment by @mateomaui@reddthat.com

  • SpaceBar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    659·
    1 year ago

    This makes 79 felony charges so far

    Hush Money case for Stormy Daniel’s, a former Playboy model, and a 3rd woman

    • 34 felony counts - Falsifying business records in the first degree

    Classified Documents Case

    • 32 felony counts of willful retention of national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act
    • 6 felony counts of obstruction-related crimes
    • 2 felony counts of false statements to the FBI
    • 1 felony count attempted destruction of evidence

    Attempted Coup (January 6th)

    • 1 count 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”
    • 1 count conspiracy to impede the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding
    • 1 count conspiracy against the right to vote and to have that vote counted
    • 1 count obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct and impede, the certification of the electoral vote

    Georgia Election Interference

    • Greater than 0 but TBD
  • Skyler@kbin.social
    311·
    1 year ago

    There’s a very legitimate chance that Donald Trump could be convicted in multiple cases of multiple crimes and still win the presidency.

    The implications of that are terrifying.

          • OctopusKurwa @lemm.ee
            78·
            1 year ago

            Gen Z turnout was so effective in the 2022 midterms that many republicans have proposed raising the voting age.

            • Gray@lemmy.ca
              30·
              1 year ago

              I was reading about Vivek Ramaswamy on his Wikipedia page last night and I saw that he’s seriously pushing raising the voting age to 25! What a bunch of absolute fascist shitheads. Trying to steal the right to vote from voters that disagree with them. Literally doing the thing they accuse Democrats of doing. It’s the same old bullshit hypocrisy with those fuckfaces. I wish it still surprised me. How anybody could possibly support them at this point is beyond me. They’ve become a joke and nothing more at this point. I wish there was a serious opposition to the Democratic Party. It’s not good to have only one sane party in a country. You want your party’s ideas to be forged in the fire of scrutiny that comes with serious political conversations. But what Republicans have become is useless. At this point I can’t wait for them to just fucking die as a party. Wipe them out so badly that a new party has to rise in their stead. And God I hope it looks nothing like the modern conservative bullshit ideology.

              • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
                11·
                1 year ago

                Literally doing the thing they accuse Democrats of doing.

                Every accusation from them is a confession. I’m not aware of a single exception.

        • Chocrates@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, voting has never worked at probably any level for Zoomers. In Austin the state even overturned local ordinances that passed. It is so fucking hopeless

    • squiblet@kbin.social
      91·
      1 year ago

      His supporters have been groomed (ahem) to think it’s all fake. From something I saw recently, 91% of Republicans don’t believe he has committed federal crimes.

      • Neuron@lemm.ee
        9·
        1 year ago

        Big concern, especially with the case being tried in Florida federal court. This most recent case is filed in DC however, and the vast majority of people who live in DC are not very enamored with trump, to say the least.

        • MimicJar@lemmy.world
          4·
          1 year ago

          You’re not wrong but I want as fair and impartial jury as we can get.

          If he “wins” in Florida but “loses” in DC it just becomes another “woke democrats” convicted me vs “patriots” saw the truth.

          Don’t get me wrong he’ll say that regardless but losing in Florida is the best case. A simple fact-backed case that can not be weaseled out of. The grand jury shows that this is theoretically possible, now it’s time for the courts to prove it. From what I’ve seen, that is what exists, so I hope that continues to hold true.

      • Eldritch@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        Half or more of the country don’t tend to vote. Of the half that does. A little less than half of that are Republicans. Of Republicans, since they are the lawn order party they don’t care about law and order for themselves. But only about a third of the party might honestly believe that he didn’t do anything wrong. The rest just don’t care.

    • Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world
      19·
      1 year ago

      And an equal chance he’ll lose a 3rd popular vote and still have a chance of becoming president. We need to reform or straight out abolish the electoral college.

    • Rolder@reddthat.com
      16·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think he’d have a chance. His margins on the first win were razor thin and you can bet Dems would be out in droves to stop it.

      That said, don’t take it for granted! Go out and vote dammit!

      • Chocrates@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        You say that but the last election came down to what? 40k humans in Wisconsin?
        Sure Biden will probably wipe the floor with the popular vote, but the electoral college seems to favour the GOP

        • Rolder@reddthat.com
          2·
          1 year ago

          That’s my point, he had razor thin margins on many electoral college votes. It sure as hell wasn’t close on the popular vote, after all

    • bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      South Africa would like to have a word… This is exactly what happened with Jacob Zuma. Thankfully not in a country that’s a world superpower though… 😳

        • The dogspaw @midwest.socialEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          They might be able to get him to take a plea deal sense he’s only running not to go to jail drop all charges except the one barring him from running again

            • The dogspaw @midwest.socialEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              This is why the jan 6 case is so important get him disqualified from running then we can take the time to get the other case’s right

            • The dogspaw @midwest.socialEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              This is why the jan 6 case is so important get him disqualified from running then we can take the time to get the other case’s right

        • The dogspaw @midwest.socialEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          They might be able to get him to take a plea deal sense he’s only running not to go to jail drop all charges except the one barring him from running again

      • DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        This is in reference to the 14th amendment, right? Assuming that he’s convicted before the election, how would that be enforced? Say New York refuses to put him on the ballot and SCOTUS says that they can’t do that. What would happen then?

        • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
          7·
          1 year ago

          There’s no “enforcing” it. He simply isn’t the president, no matter what. If people working in the executive branch choose to obey a fake president instead of the real one, that’s called a coup, and if it succeeds, the United States as we know it will no longer exist because it will be clear to everyone that the Constitution is no longer the law of the land.

      • Sluggles@lemmy.world
        7·
        1 year ago

        Felons can be elected president, but in most cases, cannot vote in the presidential election. Because, America… I guess.

      • fubo@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        He disqualified himself under the Fourteenth Amendment the moment he sent goons to attack Congress. As such, no state should list him on a ballot; he’s not a valid candidate.

        • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          The legal question is does the Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment apply prior to conviction in Federal Court. Second, Congress can vote to ignore it with a 2/3 vote in the House.

    • mriguy@lemmy.world
      178·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s actually sedition. You have to conspire with an external enemy for it to be treason (I mean, he did that too, but this is mostly homegrown and easier to prove).

      • xantoxis@lemmy.oneEnglish
        14·
        1 year ago

        We’ve been at war continuously for the last 20 years, actually. That’s not an exaggeration, it’s a literal fact about the way post-9/11 America structured the powers of the presidency to declare and then just maintain a state of war.

      • fubo@lemmy.world
        13·
        1 year ago

        Treason, once Congress was attacked on January 6 2021. Mr. Trump made himself an enemy of the United States; his movement did levy war against Congress. The specific intention to wage war on behalf of Trump was expressed many, many times by his supporters. Thus, anyone offering aid and comfort to him or his movement is thereby a traitor on plain Constitutional law.

        They intended war. They were really shitty at it. But they sincerely intended to use violence to compel political change by attacking the seat of government and forcing compliance with their terms.

        Incompetent, blundering treason is still treason.

      • satoshi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        It’s interesting though because there’s some leeway with the interpretation. See the link below for the relevant part of the constitution and some discussion by Chief Justice John Marshall, as it related to Aaron Burr’s treason trials.

        Here’s an excerpt:

        He stated: On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors. But, Chief Justice Marshall emphasized, there must be an actual assembling of men, for the treasonable purpose, to constitute a levying of war.

        Based on that, and the actual assembling of rioters who stormed the capitol, I could see some interpretation where Treason fits with Jan 6.

        https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIII-S3-C1-2/ALDE_00013525/#

  • kinther@lemmy.world
    168·
    1 year ago

    No one should be above the law. Especially public officials such as the President. We should not set precedent to allow someone to get away with what he has done.

    I would say the same about Clinton, Obama, or Biden, had they done the same. This is not about party politics or team sports.

  • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
    146·
    1 year ago

    I’ll add here again that the judge randomly assigned is Judge Tanya S Chutkan, a 2014 Obama appointee, who ruled against Trump trying to keep his documents secret from investigations, saying “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.”

    https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/presidents-are-not-kings-and-plaintiff-is-not-president-federal-judge-rejects-trumps-attempt-to-block-the-national-archives-from-complying-with-jan-6-committee-investigation/

  • VenutianxSpring@lemmy.world
    131·
    1 year ago

    I really want to see something come of this and I have a sliver of hope that it will, but I’m too tired to get excited about it.

    • echoplex21@lemmy.worldEnglish
      44·
      1 year ago

      How I’ve felt for almost 6 years now lol. It’s good to see action and I’ll support it in whatever way, I just don’t get my hopes up anymore.

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
      39·
      1 year ago

      I will buy the oldest single malt I can afford on the day I read the headline that it’s finally over and the cell doors are closed, but until then it’s just too much damn noise to keep up and try to stay somewhat sane. Fuck the entire GOP for making us have to wade through this shit constantly.

      • Erk@cdda.socialEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        I’d join you for that malt but I’m pretty sure they’re going to drag this out for the very high chance he’ll die before he faces consequences, because they’re too afraid of what will happen if he faces consequences.

    • JeffCraig@citizensgaming.com
      18·
      1 year ago

      The DOJ wouldn’t have brought these charges unless they knew they would stick.

      Something like 99% of cases that DOJ brings charges for are won, but that’s mostly because 97% of the defendants please guilty. 25% of those that fight are acquited, so still pretty good chances that he goes to jail from this.

      Still, the first GOP president will just pardon him, so even if we win, we’ll eventually lose.

    • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      1 year ago

      Michael Cohen went to trial where Trump was “Individual-1”, yet for some reason Trump seemed to have never gotten punished for that one.

      • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        He has literally been charged in New York relating to the hush money payments that Michael Cohen went to prison over. So this isn’t exactly true.

        “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

    • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      When it comes to things like this I just have to ask one question: does the accused have an ass ton of money? If not, uh oh looks like some jail time coming. If yes, well then carry on, nothing to see here.

      • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        1 year ago

        Bernie Madoff had tens of billions of dollars. Epstein was rich, so was Weinstein.

        If you piss off the wrong people (or you’re dangerous to the wrong people) cash can’t save you.

  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.oneEnglish
    127·
    1 year ago

    This seemed to be popular information when I posted it (ahem) “elsewhere”. Thought it might be welcome to have here.

    If you’re trying to keep track of where we’re at in the Trump prosecutions:

    Updated 8/1/2023

    Washington, D.C. - 4 felonies, January 6th Election Interference
    Investigation
    Indictment <- You Are Here
    Arrest
    Trial
    Conviction
    Sentencing

    Georgia - Election Interference
    Investigation <- You Are Here
    2 new grand juries impaneled 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
    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 crimimal one.

  • Gnubyte@lemdit.comEnglish
    114·
    1 year ago

    Being a US citizen, it is interesting to observe my social circles reactions to both President Biden and President Trump.

    Most of the men I know trend towards being pro Trump and I don’t think this will sit well with them. The reason being that I think it is less about what Trump actually does to them, but rather what he represents. Last I checked via wikipedia, Trump has anti trans campaign points for 2024.The trend I notice is that men I knew who grew up going to church feel displaced by their traditional view being eroded by things like LGBT, gender identity questions, and changing of the times in general. While the women I know who even often date these men the opposite; they feel more comfortable being accepting of everyone by default.

    Should Trump be convicted, I think it will alienate a group of voters into full disbelief of the existing system. The question is does that matter at all in the grand scheme of things or should these voters feel slighted - will that matter since they have no real recourse or will they simply forget Trump given time.

    In preparation for comments on this - please don’t try to assign me politically. I’m simply remarking on what I’ve observed as a citizen when speaking with other adults in my life.

  • starrox@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    108·
    1 year ago

    I’m not an American and I read the whole 45 pages indictment. One one hand, because it was highly entertaining to read Agent Oranges tweet in such a serious context, on the other hand because, in a way, this affects the whole world. The defendant was such a horrible (and effective) role model to authoritarian politicians around the globe and I honestly believe the US won’t recover from a not-guilty verdict or even worse, a second term of that ape.

    But even IF he somehow, miraculously, gets a prison sentence - there is still so much to be done. The whole apparatus that enabled him should face justice. Not only his direct co-conspirators but also republican congressmen & -women that violated their oath to protect your republic from exatly the tyranny that the defendant tried to establish.

    But who am I kidding; In reality I am already waiting for the announcement of his second term, the pardoning of each and everyone of his co-conspirators plus a self-pardon (how crazy is that?!) from '47. Thats how much trust I have in your system at this point.

  • treefrog@lemm.ee
    104·
    1 year ago

    So, if there was a conspiracy to deny voting rights can we file a class action lawsuit?

    Real harms have been done to our democracy and everyone is suffering because of it.

  • SulaymanF@lemmy.world
    93·
    1 year ago

    I’m more worried than usual, because the GOP is backing him so hard. He’s going to try and delay all verdicts until 2025 by having his lawyers issue motions and objections. If Trump wins, it’s without question he’ll try to pardon himself (and likely fail) or will direct the attorney general to drop all pending cases. We literally could lose American democracy this time around.