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Trump Still Faces These Crimes In DOJ Jan. 6 CaseâAnd They All Could Include Prison TimeTopline Prosecutors slimmed down an indictment against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday in his federal case for trying to overturn the 2020 election, after the Supreme Court gave Trump some immunity, but heâs still charged with four federal crimes including conspiracy to defraud, obstruction and conspiracy of rightsâwhich all could carry prison time if heâs convicted.
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The updated indictment keeps the same four felony counts that Trump was initially charged with: conspiracy to defraud the U.S. (18 U.S. Code § 371), conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding (18 U.S. Code § 1512), obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding (18 U.S. Code § 1512) and conspiracy against rights (18 U.S. Code § 241).
Conspiracy to Defraud the United States: 18 U.S. Code § 371 makes it a crime for two or more people to âconspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United Statesâ or any federal agency, and for one of them to perform some action that would affect the object of the conspiracy, which carries a fine or maximum prison sentence of five years if convicted.
The DOJ charged Trump with conspiracy to defraud based on his broad plan to overturn the election results, alleging the former president â[used] dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to impair, obstruct, and defeat the lawful federal government function by which the results of the presidential election are collected, counted, and certified by the federal government.â
Obstruction of an Official Proceeding: 18 U.S. Code § 1512 criminalizes âobstruct[ing], influenc[ing], or imped[ing] any official proceedingâ or attempting to do so, which is punishable by a fine or up to 20 years in prison, and conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding under § 1512 carries the same potential punishment.
Those charges were brought against Trump based on his alleged attempts to block Congress from certifying the electoral count, and him successfully âobstruct[ing] and imped[ing] an official proceedingâ when the vote count was postponed by the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building.
Conspiracy Against Rights: 18 U.S. Code § 241 criminalizes when two or more people âconspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidateâ any Americans âin the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilegeâ theyâre afforded under the Constitution or federal law, or conspire to oppress them because they exercised that right, and is punishable by a fine or up to 10 years in prison, assuming the crime doesnât result in death or bodily injury.
The law, though initially enacted in the 19th century to punish members of the Ku Klux Klan, has more recently been used to prosecute election crimes, and the indictment alleges that by trying to overturn the election results, Trump conspired âto injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidateâ Americans in exercising their right to vote.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/08/28/trump-still-faces-these-crimes-in-doj-jan-6-case-and-they-all-could-include-prison-time/ Edited by user
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