Not since we all were wondering about what was in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report have so many people waited with baited breath for a potential federal court filing. Perhaps the most consequential legal question facing our country is whether former President Donald Trump will face criminal charges for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. If he is not held to account for his transgressions, it will irreparably undermine the idea that the rule of law stands as a guardrail against efforts to subvert our democracy.
Trump’s best defense now is to claim that he believed what he said when he erroneously claimed, despite all evidence to the contrary, that he won the election.
We may remember the 2020 election as the one Trump lost and that President Joe Biden won, but Trump nevertheless falsely claimed in public that he won. Trump’s best defense now is to claim that he believed what he said when he erroneously claimed, despite all evidence to the contrary, that he won the election.
Special counsel Jack Smith is likely determining whether he can charge Trump with obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, inciting an insurrection, and obstruction of justice. The biggest hurdle for prosecutors in this case is proving that Trump acted with a corrupt intent, which is a requirement of most, if not all, of the federal statutes that Trump would be charged with violating. If Trump can show he believed the steaming pile...
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