Trump indictment details efforts to overturn 2020 election: recap

Former President Trump has been indicted as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The former president, who is the leading Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential field, faces four counts. The indictment details a campaign of “dishonesty, fraud and conceit” to obstruct a “bedrock function” of a democracy.

News of the indictment comes after Trump said he received a target letter informing him that he is the subject in the probe, a move often followed by the filing of charges.

A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has been hearing evidence in the case when it typically meets Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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