Trump news today: Trump may be indicted for civil rights law violation in Jan 6 grand jury probe
Donald Trump reveals plan after claiming he would end Ukraine war ‘in 24 hours’
Donald Trump could be indicted by a grand jury investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the January 6 Capitol riot as early as today.
The Independent learned that a possible indictment could be handed down as soon as Thursday or Friday, charging the former president in his third criminal case.
Mr Trump announced on Tuesday that he had been sent a letter by special prosecutor Jack Smith informing him that he is the “target” of a grand jury investigation.
The target letter cites three statutes under which he could be charged including conspiracy to commit offence or to defraud the United States, deprivation of rights under colour of law and tampering with a witness, victim or informant, multiple outlets reported.
This comes as Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced criminal charges against 16 people who signed certificates falsely declaring Mr Trump won the 2020 election, part of a scheme to upend results in states Joe Biden won.
In further legal blows for Mr Trump, a judge shot down his attempt to move his Manhattan criminal charges to federal court, sending the hush money case back to state court in New York City.
Voices: Republicans gave away their credibility in criticising Democrats on antisemitism by touting RFK Jr
Amid all of the concerns about the American right courting antisemites, Republicans should have had a perfect opportunity to turn the tables on Democrats and accuse them of having an antisemitism problem.
Oliver O’Connell20 July 2023 09:40
Is Trump going to prison?
Amid the swirl of criminal cases and investigations with former president Donald Trump at the centre, the ultimate question for most people is whether or not he might actually end up in prison.
Oliver O’Connell20 July 2023 08:10
Are Republican claims of Biden family ‘corruption’ being undermined by their own whistleblowers?
Andrew Feinberg believes so, writing:
House Republicans’ efforts to paint President Joe Biden and his family as corrupt influence peddlers are being undermined by the very people they’ve touted as whistleblowers against the Bidens over the first six months of their investigation.
Read more of his report form Washington, DC:
Oliver O’Connell20 July 2023 06:40
Can Trump still run in 2024 with another possible indictment?
Donald Trump is now the subject of two criminal cases after being arrested over a state case in New York and a federal case in Miami – at a time when he is hot on the trail for another stint in the White House.
A third indictment may be looming this week.
Can he still run for another term in the White House?
Oliver O’Connell20 July 2023 04:40
Trump insists he is not frightened by Jan 6 indictment
Hours after former President Donald Trump announced that he was a “target” in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Mr Trump told Sean Hannity that he was “bothered” by the news but it doesn’t “frighten” him.
Mr Trump was speaking to Mr Hannity in a pre-recorded town hall interview on Fox News. The former president faces a potential third indictment over the events of January 6 – on top of other ongoing criminal cases.
Kelly Rissman has the story.
Oliver O’Connell20 July 2023 03:40
E Jean Carroll tells Trump to pay up
In a decision released on Wednesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan said the jury did not reach a “seriously erroneous result” when it found the former president liable for sexual assault and defamation and ordered him to pay $5m.
The verdict was not a “miscarriage of justice,” as Mr Trump’s lawyers had claimed, Judge Kaplan wrote.
Bevan Hurley reports on the latest development.
Oliver O’Connell20 July 2023 02:40
CCTV from Georgia 2020 ballot counting centre reportedly subpoenaed by Trump probe
The Department of Justice used a grand jury subpoena to obtain CCTV security footage from the Atlanta, Georgia arena where ballots were counted following the 2020 election, indicating that federal prosecutors are examining some of the same matters as the Fulton County, Georgia district attorney who may soon bring charges against former president Donald Trump and others in his orbit.
Oliver O’Connell20 July 2023 00:40
Recap: All the lawsuits and criminal charges involving Trump and where they stand
The Independent’s news team has catalogued the current status of all the major investigations and lawsuits against Donald Trump. Here’s what you need to know:
Oliver O’Connell19 July 2023 23:40
Outrage: Marjorie Taylor Greene shows explicit photos of Hunter Biden at congressional hearing
When you think you’ve seen everything, somehow House Republicans somehow continue to push the boundaries of societal norms and conduct.
Kelly Rissman has the story of a bizarre afternoon on Capitol Hill in which Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene produced poster boards showing explicit photos of Hunter Biden during a congressional committee hearing.
Oliver O’Connell19 July 2023 23:00
Voices: The walls are closing in on Donald Trump
The former president of the United States, who took an oath to uphold the Constitution, could be imminently indicted for seeking to destroy it.
Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith has sent a target letter to Donald Trump in his probe of the plot to overturn the 2020 election. This has been confirmed by multiple news outlets citing law enforcement sources and Trump’s own unhinged Truth Social posts on Tuesday. Trump said he was given four days’ notice to testify before the DC Grand Jury. The sentiment is widespread among legal experts that this means Trump is almost certainly about to face imminent indictment, again. This would be Trump’s third, and most damning, indictment thus far.
The walls are closing in on Donald Trump
In a sane reality, this mountain of criminality would render any presidential candidate unelectable in the eyes of the public. But we don’t live in that reality
Oliver O’Connell19 July 2023 22:40
