Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Here are some questions and answers about what this means, and what’s next.
An indictment is one way to bring charges against someone suspected of a crime.
Grand juries meet in secret to let witnesses testify freely and avoid interference for jurors. The grand jury is part of the prosecutor’s investigative process; it lets prosecutors test evidence and get a reaction. The second indictment was secured by Jack Smith, who is the federal special counsel investigating Trump, over Trump’s post-presidential handling of classified documents and efforts to keep federal officials from taking them back.
Many of the actions at issue occurred in Washington, notably the events of Jan. 6, 2021, in and around the U.S. Capitol. As was the case for his arraignments on the previous charges in New York and Florida, Trump almost certainly won’t be handcuffed.The charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States involves an agreement between at least two people, related to committing another crime, with at least one co-conspirator making at least one overt act to further the conspiracy.
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