Trump Indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith Over Bid to Overturn 2020 Election; Trump Lands Obama Judge Known for Harshest Jan. 6 Sentences
By New York Post. Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by special counsel Jack Smith, who charged the president with four counts in connection with his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
According to Smith, the 77-year-old “pursued unlawful means of discounting legitimate votes and subverting the election results” in a desperate bid to stay in power after his defeat by Joe Biden.
Prosecutors charged that the 45th president’s incessant claims of election fraud costing him re-election “were false and [Trump] knew they were false.
“But the Defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway — to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate, create an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and erode public faith in the administration of the election.” (Read more from “Trump Indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith Over Bid to Overturn 2020 Election” HERE)
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Donald Trump Indicted: Assigned Judge Tanya Chutkan Known for Longest Jan. 6 Sentences
By Washington Examiner. Former President Donald Trump will face a federal judge in his alleged election subversion case who has a noted history of giving some of the lengthiest sentences to defendants involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The case will be overseen by Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama who has presided over several cases involving the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and is known to hand down sentences longer than what was recommended by prosecutors who brought the charges.
Out of a series of 11 riot-related cases Chutkan presided over, she imposed tougher sentences than those sought by federal prosecutors in seven instances and matched Department of Justice requests four times. All defendants wound up behind bars, according to an Associated Press review of sentences handed out to rioters.
For example, during a sentencing hearing in October 2021 for Texas resident Matt Mazzocco, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for unauthorized entry into the Capitol building, the judge described the recommended sentence as too lenient. (Read more from “Donald Trump Indicted: Assigned Judge Tanya Chutkan Known for Longest Jan. 6 Sentences” HERE)
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