By Max Matza

BBC News

There are six unnamed co-conspirators in the latest indictment against former President Donald Trump, including a Department of Justice official, four attorneys and a political consultant.

They have not been named by prosecutors because they are not charged with a crime, but quotes, anecdotes and other context in charging documents and previous investigations have allowed most to be identified.

Prosecutors say the group worked together and with Mr Trump to overturn the election result by pushing officials to ignore the vote count, to disenfranchise millions of voters and to replace legitimate electors with fake ones.

Rudy Giuliani

The former New York mayor and lawyer for Mr Trump played a very public role in the aftermath of the election when he toured the US speaking to Republican legislatures in states Mr Trump lost about unfounded claims of widespread election fraud.

Mr Giuliani is described in the indictment as "Co-Conspirator 1". Without using his name, it says he is a lawyer "who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies" that Mr Trump's campaign did not pursue itself.

The charging document references meetings, testimony to lawmakers and political events that have previously been attributed to Mr Giuliani.

Ted Goodman, a spokesman for Mr Giuliani, said that it "appears" the indictment is referring to Mr Giuliani, and accused the prosecution of violating the First Amendment right to free speech.

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