WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on Tuesday for conspiring to steal the 2020 election from President Joe Biden, including the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, that a prosecutor described "an unprecedented assault" on democracy.

"It was fueled by lies - lies by the defendant," special counsel Jack Smith said as the indictment was unsealed.

Trump, now facing his third criminal case, denied wrongdoing and denounced the indictment as an attempt to derail his 2024 presidential candidacy.

Trump indicted in Jan. 6 probe: What we know so far

• The indictment details multiple strategies Trump and his allies employed to overturn his election loss.
• One of the methods Trump used to steal the election details his “fake elector” scheme to overturn President Joe Biden’s victories in key battleground states.
• Trump also deliberately deceived his supporters and directed them to march to the Capitol in an effort to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers to reject the certification of electors, the indictment alleges.
• Six co-conspirators are referenced in the indictment but are unnamed. Among those co-conspirators is Jeffrey Clark, a high-ranking Justice Department official in the Trump administration.

Four counts against Trump

The indictment handed down in a federal court in Washington, D.C., listed four counts against Trump: Conspiracy to Defraud the United States; Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding; Obstruction of and...

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