Bullet points of What's next after prosecutors reveal new evidence in Trump's 2020 election interference case
Bullet points of What's next after prosecutors reveal new evidence in Trump's 2020 election interference case
- Special counsel Jack Smith has provided a road map for how prosecutors hope to prove their case charging former President Donald Trump with an illegal scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss.
- The filing details new evidence of Trump's 'increasingly desperate' efforts to cling to power even as those close to him sought to convince him that he had lost the presidency.
- Prosecutors say Trump 'must stand trial for his private crimes as would any other citizen' and that his scheme was fundamentally a private one, not an official act as President.
- The case was put on hold last December so Trump could appeal his sweeping claims of presidential immunity, and the Supreme Court sent the case back to the district court to determine which allegations involve official actions for which Trump may be immune from prosecution.
- Trump's lawyers have argued that the allegations in the indictment cut to the core of Trump's responsibilities as commander in chief and that the case should be dismissed.
- The judge's ruling is expected to be appealed, and even if Trump defeats Biden, he could appoint an attorney general who would seek the dismissal of this case and the other federal prosecutions he faces.
- The filing gives Democrats new material to use as they campaign against Trump, but the political impact is uncertain, and it's unclear what impact it will have on voters.
- Special counsel Jack Smith has provided a road map for how prosecutors hope to prove their case charging former President Donald Trump with an illegal scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss.
- The filing details new evidence of Trump's 'increasingly desperate' efforts to cling to power even as those close to him sought to convince him that he had lost the presidency.
- Prosecutors say Trump 'must stand trial for his private crimes as would any other citizen' and that his scheme was fundamentally a private one, not an official act as President.
- The case was put on hold last December so Trump could appeal his sweeping claims of presidential immunity, and the Supreme Court sent the case back to the district court to determine which allegations involve official actions for which Trump may be immune from prosecution.
- Trump's lawyers have argued that the allegations in the indictment cut to the core of Trump's responsibilities as commander in chief and that the case should be dismissed.
- The judge's ruling is expected to be appealed, and even if Trump defeats Biden, he could appoint an attorney general who would seek the dismissal of this case and the other federal prosecutions he faces.
- The filing gives Democrats new material to use as they campaign against Trump, but the political impact is uncertain, and it's unclear what impact it will have on voters.