Possible indictment for Trump on Jan. 6 as ex-president issues renewed warnings.
Awaiting Indictment: Former President Donald Trump Faces Potential Charges
A federal grand jury, diligently investigating attempts to undermine the 2020 election and impede the transfer of power, is on the verge of delivering an indictment against former President Donald Trump.
The grand jury convenes regularly at the esteemed E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, with Tuesdays and Thursdays being the customary meeting days. Reporters caught a glimpse of grand jury members early on Tuesday morning, just a day after Trump’s provocative statement on Truth Social, where he predicted that charges against him could be imminent.
“I assume that an Indictment from Deranged Jack Smith and his highly partisan gang of Thugs, pertaining to my ‘PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY Speech, will be coming out any day now, as yet another attempt to cover up all the bad news about bribes, payoffs, and extortion, coming from the Biden ‘camp.’ This seems to be the way they do it. ELECTION INTERFERENCE! PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT!” Trump wrote Monday.
Anticipation surrounding the investigation has been steadily mounting since July 16, when Trump disclosed that he had received a target letter in connection with the Jan. 6 probe. According to a Politico reporter, the courthouse was filled with “high anxiety” on Tuesday, as the media eagerly awaited news.
In Trump’s previous case involving classified documents in a Florida federal court, he received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith’s team on May 19. Roughly 20 days later, on June 8, he was indicted in that case.
Last Thursday, while the grand jury was in session, Trump’s attorneys met with members of Smith’s office in the district. Additionally, on June 5, just three days before the grand jury voted to bring charges, Trump’s lawyers met with prosecutors in the classified documents case.
Although no grand jury vote took place on Thursday, Smith’s office announced in the evening that a superseding indictment was being filed in the Florida case involving classified documents. The new indictment included a charge of willful retention of documents and two obstruction charges, alleging that Trump colluded with two co-defendants in an attempt to delete surveillance footage from Mar-a-Lago.
One of Trump’s co-defendants, Walt Nauta, was already involved in the case. However, the superseding indictment introduced Carlos de Oliveira, a Mar-a-Lago employee, as a new co-defendant.
De Oliveira made his initial appearance in federal court in Miami on Monday, but his arraignment was postponed until August 10 due to the absence of a local attorney. He was released on a $100,000 bond and ordered to surrender his passport.
Outside the realm of federal jurisdiction, another potential indictment looms for Trump in Fulton County, Georgia. District Attorney Fani Willis has informed court officials that she may bring charges as early as the first half of August in her separate investigation.
Reports suggest that the grand jury in Fulton County has multiple indictments related to conspiracy or racketeering, with indications that Trump himself could be among the defendants. Notable figures such as Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani are also expected to be key witnesses.
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