{"id":11474,"date":"2023-08-17T12:49:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11474"},"modified":"2023-08-17T12:49:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:49:59","slug":"trumps-4-indictments-ranked-by-the-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11474","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s 4 indictments, ranked by the stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;this case \u201cwill legally define what a politician is able to do to reverse a defeat.\u201d The outcome of this case could have major implications for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 election<\/a>&nbsp;and every race that follows: If Trump isn\u2019t held accountable for the actions he took on January 6 and leading up to it, he and others could try to pull the same schemes in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, this case has a significant bearing on the future of US democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number of charges:&nbsp;<\/strong>Four felony counts. They include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, which includes plotting to overturn the results of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020-presidential-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 election<\/a><\/li><li>Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, including plotting to prevent the 2020 election certification<\/li><li>Obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, which includes actually blocking the certification of the 2020 election results<\/li><li>Conspiracy against rights, which includes a plan to deprive someone of a constitutional right (in this case, that is the ability to vote)&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<br>&#8221; Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis accused Trump and several of his associates of a sprawling racketeering conspiracy related to their efforts to overturn Biden\u2019s win in the state. In contrast to the federal election indictment, where Trump is the only one charged so far, here 18 others were also charged for participating in this alleged conspiracy. These include famous names like Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, notorious Trump lawyers like John Eastman and Sidney Powell, and lower-level Georgia players.&#8221;<br>&#8230;<br>&#8220;This case centers on a president\u2019s ability to endanger the country\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/defense-and-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">national security<\/a>&nbsp;by taking and mishandling classified documents after leaving office. Documents that Trump kept addressed everything from US nuclear programs to the country\u2019s defense and weapons capabilities to how America could respond in the face of a possible attack. Additionally, the case looks at how Trump obstructed FBI efforts to take back the documents.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/trump-investigations\/23832341\/trump-charges-prison-time-sentence-indictments\">https:\/\/www.vox.com\/trump-investigations\/23832341\/trump-charges-prison-time-sentence-indictments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;this case \u201cwill legally define what a politician is able to do to reverse a defeat.\u201d The outcome of this case could have major implications for the 2024 election and every race that follows: If Trump isn\u2019t held accountable for the actions he took on January 6 and leading up to it, he and others could try to pull the same schemes in the future.<br \/>\nUltimately, this case has a significant bearing on the future of US democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Number of charges: Four felony counts. They include:<\/p>\n<p>Charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, which includes plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election<br \/>\nConspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, including plotting to prevent the 2020 election certification<br \/>\nObstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, which includes actually blocking the certification of the 2020 election results<br \/>\nConspiracy against rights, which includes a plan to deprive someone of a constitutional right (in this case, that is the ability to vote)&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis accused Trump and several of his associates of a sprawling racketeering conspiracy related to their efforts to overturn Biden\u2019s win in the state. In contrast to the federal election indictment, where Trump is the only one charged so far, here 18 others were also charged for participating in this alleged conspiracy. These include famous names like Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, notorious Trump lawyers like John Eastman and Sidney Powell, and lower-level Georgia players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This case centers on a president\u2019s ability to endanger the country\u2019s national security by taking and mishandling classified documents after leaving office. Documents that Trump kept addressed everything from US nuclear programs to the country\u2019s defense and weapons capabilities to how America could respond in the face of a possible attack. Additionally, the case looks at how Trump obstructed FBI efforts to take back the documents.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1104,744,280,431,660,221,372,198,1853,170],"class_list":["post-11474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-authoritarianism","tag-crime","tag-criminal-justice","tag-democracy","tag-dictatorship","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-elections","tag-indictment","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11475,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11474\/revisions\/11475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}