Special counsel files new Trump indictment

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Court opinion...

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The new indictment removes a section that accused Trump of trying to use the law enforcement powers of the Justice Department to overturn his election loss, an area of conduct for which the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion last month, said that Trump was absolutely immune from prosecution. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, the gunman in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden and saw the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he opened fire last month as a "target of opportunity," the FBI said Wednesday. DESERTION PLEA: Travis King, an Army private who fled to North Korea just over a year ago, will plead guilty to desertion and four other charges and take responsibility for his conduct, his lawyer, Franklin D.

Rosenblatt, said Monday. NIGHTCLUB INVESTIGATION: The Orlando, Florida, Police Department closed its investigation into Barbara and Rosario Poma, the former owners of the Pulse nightclub, this past week without filing charges. The LGBTQfriendly club was the site of a mass shooting in 2016 that killed 49 people.



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