This was a sad day for the United States.
Donald Trump faces four charges, including one count of conspiracy to defraud the government, one count of conspiracy to violate rights, one count of conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding and one count of obstructing an official proceeding.
The charges accuse Trump of depriving people of their civil rights provided by federal law. The now unsealed indictment also included six unindicted co-conspirators. Based on context, four of those conspirators appear to be Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark and Ken Chesebro.
The indictment argues that Trump illegally attempted to overturn “the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by using knowingly false claims of election fraud to obstruct the federal government function by which those results are collected, counted and certified.”
In a news conference, special counsel Jack Smith — in a room with over 30 prosecutors and Justice Department employees — said the attack on the Capitol was “fueled by lies,” and that his team is not finished: “Our investigation of other individuals continues.”
Mike Pence, Trump’s vice president and a target of the Jan. 6 rioters, admonished his now-rival after his indictment on Tuesday, while saying that he was entitled to a presumption of innocence. “Today’s indictment serves as an important reminder: Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States,” he said.
To be found guilty a jury of twelve people will have to agree that Trump is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This means that the prosecution must convince the jury that there is no other reasonable explanation that can come from the evidence presented at trial. In other words, the jury must be virtually certain of the defendant’s guilt in order to render a guilty verdict.
This will require 12 angry people who agree that the rule of law and upholding the Constitution is what makes America great!
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