Legal experts discuss the allegations laid out in the indictment accusing the former president of trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
and detailed four federal charges against him. These are: conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.
Donald Trump speaks at the Mid-America Center on July 7, 2023 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Legal experts have suggested Special Counsel Jack Smith's office may find it difficult to prosecute the former president in the January 6, 2021 investigation., has long denied any wrongdoing in connection to the attempts to overturn the election. He still falsely claims it was"rigged" due to widespread voter fraud.
"Prosecutors will have to prove some sort of knowledge of wrongdoing. They have to prove Trump knew that he was committing fraud. So if Trump says, 'I just relied on the advice of my attorneys, and I didn't know it was wrong or illegal,' then that's a defense in this case," Rahmani said."If he can prove it was only aggressive lawyering, then he can be acquitted.
"The prosecution even says in the indictment every American has a right to speak publicly about an election and to make claims that might not be true. But what they're saying is that Trump took that a step too far," Ritter said"They'll have to prove what was happening in Trump's own mind, and that's very difficult, short of an incriminating statement of motive coming out of his own mouth.
Ritter added that Trump may have a built-in defense that he was relying on information provided to him, and that his false election-fraud cries were not"part of some elaborate, preconceived conspiracy, but were merely very vocal musings that most people would keep to themselves."
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