A line that accused Mr. Trump of attempting to utilize the Justice Department’s law enforcement authority to reverse his election defeat has been removed from the updated version.
The Supreme Court decided that he was completely free from prosecution for this particular act.
According to a decision last month, past presidents are presumed not to be prosecuted for actions taken while in the White House.
Three days before the deadline for special counsel Jack Smith’s office to inform the court of their plan of action in light of that opinion, the new indictment was filed.
The updated indictment, filed in federal court in Washington, according to the special counsel’s office, was handed down by a grand jury that had not previously heard testimony in the case.
It explained how top Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark attempted to send a letter to state legislators pretending the department had “identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election” and asked top officials to sign it. However, the officials declined.
Because of Mr. Clark’s endorsement of Trump’s allegations of election fraud, the then-president publicly considered appointing him to replace Jeffrey Rosen as interim attorney general.
