Trump Indicted Again—This Time, Over Trying to Overturn 2020 Election
For the third time this year, former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury—this time over his botched attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 election.
While the 45-page indictment itself is hardly unprecedented at this point, these particular charges mark the first time in the country’s history that an American president has been criminally accused of hatching a scheme that put the nation’s democracy at risk.
The indictment charged Trump with defrauding the nation with fake electors to sway the 2020 election, obstructing Congress to stop it from certifying votes, and conspiring to violate Americans’ civil rights.