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Posted On: 08/27/2024 6:11:17 PM
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No, too many injuries, too much footage outside and inside showing the violence the crowd was inflicting on the police. And how does a gallows get erected at a peaceful demonstration? Does 'hang Mike Pence' sound like a peaceful shout?
More on the new indictments:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/trump...index.html
Private vs. official duties
In the reworked indictment, prosecutors argue several times that Trump didn’t have any constitutionally assigned presidential duties regarding the post-election transition of power.
They did this to highlight how the new indictment comports with the Supreme Court ruling, which granted immunity for some of Trump’s conduct that falls within his official powers.
Importantly, the superseding indictment cuts language about the former president’s interactions with senior Justice Department officials and adds language describing when Trump was acting as a candidate and not the president.
“The Defendant had no official responsibilities related to the certification proceeding, but he did have a personal interest as a candidate in being named the winner of the election,” the superseding indictment says, in a line that wasn’t in the original indictment.
In several instances, prosecutors repeatedly added language describing Trump as a “candidate,” and descriptions of his alleged co-conspirators as individuals who were not “government officials during the conspiracies” and were instead “acting in their private capacity.”
In another section, the special counsel’s office described a lawsuit that Trump’s campaign filed regarding the results in Georgia, which he narrowly lost. The old indictment said the lawsuit was “filed in his name,” but the reworked indictment says it was “filed in his capacity as a candidate for President.”
Smith’s team also emphasized their contention that then-Vice President Mike Pence was acting in a “ceremonial role” as president of the Senate when he presided over the Electoral College certification proceedings on January 6, 2021. The distinction is important because prosecutors are arguing that Trump’s pressure campaign on Pence was outside the scope of his official duties.
In addition, prosecutors cut references to Co-Conspirator 4. CNN has identified that person as then-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who allegedly sought to use his position to aid Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
More on the new indictments:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/trump...index.html
Private vs. official duties
In the reworked indictment, prosecutors argue several times that Trump didn’t have any constitutionally assigned presidential duties regarding the post-election transition of power.
They did this to highlight how the new indictment comports with the Supreme Court ruling, which granted immunity for some of Trump’s conduct that falls within his official powers.
Importantly, the superseding indictment cuts language about the former president’s interactions with senior Justice Department officials and adds language describing when Trump was acting as a candidate and not the president.
“The Defendant had no official responsibilities related to the certification proceeding, but he did have a personal interest as a candidate in being named the winner of the election,” the superseding indictment says, in a line that wasn’t in the original indictment.
In several instances, prosecutors repeatedly added language describing Trump as a “candidate,” and descriptions of his alleged co-conspirators as individuals who were not “government officials during the conspiracies” and were instead “acting in their private capacity.”
In another section, the special counsel’s office described a lawsuit that Trump’s campaign filed regarding the results in Georgia, which he narrowly lost. The old indictment said the lawsuit was “filed in his name,” but the reworked indictment says it was “filed in his capacity as a candidate for President.”
Smith’s team also emphasized their contention that then-Vice President Mike Pence was acting in a “ceremonial role” as president of the Senate when he presided over the Electoral College certification proceedings on January 6, 2021. The distinction is important because prosecutors are arguing that Trump’s pressure campaign on Pence was outside the scope of his official duties.
In addition, prosecutors cut references to Co-Conspirator 4. CNN has identified that person as then-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who allegedly sought to use his position to aid Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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