Trump's Jan. 6 indictment has been unsealed. Read the 4 charges brought by federal prosecutors.
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- Donald Trump was indicted — again.
- This time, it's over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
- Read the full charges below:
Justice Department prosecutors brought another indictment against former President Donald Trump — this time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
The Washington, DC, grand jury indictment alleges Trump broke laws by attempting to obstruct Congress when he organized efforts to stop them from certifying now-President Joe Biden's electoral win.
Trump has denied the reality that he lost the 2020 election. The DC-based grand jury has been examining Republican plots to send "fake electors" from swing states he lost, maneuvers to stop Biden from becoming president, and the events leading up to the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol where Trump's supporters sought to stop Congress from certifying Biden's victory
In recent months, people who were close to Trump in the waning days of his presidency — including then-Vice President Mike Pence, lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and then-chief of staff Mark Meadows — were summoned to testify before the grand jurors.
The indictment was brought by a prosecutorial team overseen by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is also leading the team that indicted Trump earlier this year over his possession of government documents after he left the presidency.
Trump pleaded not guilty to those charges.
Trump separately pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment brought earlier this year from the Manhattan district attorney's office related to his hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
Trump is the first former president in US history to be charged with any crime, much less crimes three different indictments.
Read the full text of the new indictment here: