Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on charges related to special counsel Jack Smith's probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources with direct knowledge tell ABC News. MORE ⬇️
Former President Donald Trump -- already facing two indictments -- now faces a third set of charges after a grand jury handed up a wide-ranging indictment against him, alleging he undertook a"criminal scheme" to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election.
"These claims were false, and the Defendant knew that 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," reads the indictment.The former president has been summoned to appear in court on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Trump, who has decried the probes as political witch hunts, pleaded not guilty to all charges in both those cases.
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