Read Trump’s third criminal indictment for yourself
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been indicted yet again, marking the third set of criminal charges currently brought against him. Filed in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 1, the latest charges concern Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
CNBC has uploaded the entire 45-page indictment, which lists four charges against Trump: Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding, Obstruction of and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding, and Conspiracy Against Rights.
“Despite having lost, the Defendant was determined to remain in power,” reads the indictment. “So for more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the Defendant spread lies that there has been outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he actually won. These claims were false, and the Defendant knew that they were false. But the Defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway — to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate, create an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and erode public faith in the administration of the election.”
Read the full document below.
Trump is also facing criminal charges in Miami for allegedly mishandling classified documents after leaving office and obstructing authorities’ attempts to recover them, while in New York he has been charged with falsifying business records relating to hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign.