I’m still perusing Jack Smith’s new Trump indictment, but right now (i.e., as far as I’ve read) it seems to boil down to three conspiracies: (a) an attempt to defraud the United States, (b) an attempt to obstruct an official government proceeding and (c) a third to deprive people of civil rights provided by federal law or the Constitution.
Basically it’s a fork shoved into his flabby bloated gut for trying to overthrow the 2020 election.
Does this mean Smith (I’m slow with legal jargon so please bear with me) is charging Trump with having blatantly incited the Jan. 6th assault upon the Capitol building for the purposes of obstructing the electoral vote count? Or with having aided and abetted the assault by waiting 187 minutes to attempt to call upon his followers to cease and desist. Apparently so but I’m still sifting through the particulars.
