Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted on charges of influencing the 2020 presidential election and the January 6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill.
According to the American media, the case of influencing the 2020 presidential election began to move towards its logical end.
According to the American media, in the indictment, Donald Trump has been charged with attempting to interfere in the government, conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to violate rights.
Before the indictment was filed, former President Donald Trump’s statement came out, in which he said, “I heard that Special Counsel Jack Smith will file a false indictment against me today, the false indictment is interference in the 2024 presidential election.”
However, after the indictment, Special Counsel Jack Smith said that he would ask the court to expedite the case against Trump for influencing the presidential election.
He said that Trump’s supporters were incited to attack Capitol Hill on the basis of lies.
It should be noted that former US President Donald Trump has been indicted for the third time.
A few days ago, Donald Trump expressed fear of his arrest in the investigation involved in the January 6 Capitol Hill attack case.
The former president said he received a ‘target letter’ from special counsel Jack Smith stating that he is the target of a grand jury investigation into allegations of tampering with the results of the 2020 presidential election.
According to the British news agency, in the letter received by the US president, there were clear signs that Donald Trump, who is in the race to become the presidential candidate of the Republican Party for the presidential election of 2024, to stay in power after losing the election to Joe Biden. Attempts made may result in an indictment.
What is the Capitol Hill attack case?
On January 6, 2021, supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed Capitol Hill and broke through the security fence to enter the building.
4 people were killed and many were injured during the riots on Capitol Hill, 1,000 people were arrested for the attack on Capitol Hill.
This attack was said at a time when a joint session was held in the Congress building in Capitol Hill and the Congress was supposed to ratify the presidential victory of the newly elected President Joe Biden who won the elections in November 2020. However, Trump and his supporters It was believed that their victory in the elections has been converted into defeat.
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2024-08-04 17:07:01
