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
The proper term is treason.
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).
Sedition.* We’re not at war.
Too bad proxy wars don’t count
The war on terror might work tho
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.
The US has almost never not been at war in its entire history.
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.
Insurrection and treason are defined differently and have different sentencing guidelines.
The laymen’s definition of treason is not what the legal definition is.
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:
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/#
Which is convenient for trump and people who think pedantry wins arguments.
They just need to be charged with the correct terms.
Perhaps, but Trump is a traitor, regardless of what our inadequate court system is able to do.