by Madeleine Hubbard and Ben Whedon
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday was indicted as part of a special counsel Jack Smith’s federal grand jury probe into his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results and the former president’s role in the subsequent Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Smith charged Trump with four counts, including conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
Trump said Monday that he expected to be indicted “any day,” and earlier this month he revealed that the Justice Department informed him that he was a target in Smith’s probe.
This is Trump’s second federal indictment. Trump, along with two of his employees, were charged in another probe led by Smith over the alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges in that case, but several more charges were brought against him last week.
Separately, Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 state charges in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s probe of the former president’s alleged role in a hush-money scheme.
Trump faces another possible indictment related to the 2020 race in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ probe of his efforts to challenge the election results in Georgia. That potential indictment would come after several failed attempts to block Willis from prosecuting him.
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Madeleine Hubbard joined Just the News as a fast file reporter after working as an editor at Breitbart News. Ben Whedon joined the Just the News team in March of 2022 after previously working as an editor and national security reporter for Breitbart News.
