Donald Trump faces revised indictment of charges in 2020 election subversion case

The illegally appointed 'Special Counsel' Deranged Jack Smith has brought a ridiculous new indictment against me, which has all the problems of the old indictment and should be dismissed IMMEDIATELY,

he posted on his Truth Social platform

The superseding indictment, which was presented to a new grand jury that had not previously heard evidence in this case, reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Court’s holdings and remand instructions,

Today, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment, charging the defendant with the same criminal offenses that were charged in the original indictment,

lawyers for Jack Smith, the special counsel handling the case, said in a filing that accompanied the supersedeing indictment

Smith rewrote the exact same case in an effort to circumvent the Supreme Court Decision. The people of our Country will see what is happening with all of these corrupt lawsuits against me, and will REJECT them by giving me an overwhelming Victory on November 5th for President of the United States,

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,

For them to do this after our Supreme Court Victory on Immunity and more, is shocking,

Trump wrote

A deal is the only way to secure the return of the remaining 108 hostages — the living for rehabilitation and the murdered for proper burial,

You've heard me say it a thousand times—it's important to underscore that Donald was acting as a candidate for president, and not in the scope of his duties as president. That means no presidential immunity would apply, so Jack Smith is making that clear here."

If the Walzs represent today’s American man, this country is screwed,

It really probably will come down to whether or not what's remaining in the superseding indictment is outside the perimeters...of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity,

Jack Smith tried to redefine Mike Pence from 'the Vice President' to 'the running mate' as if somehow changing those words in an indictment undercuts the fact that Mike Pence is still the sitting vice president and it still directly implicates the president's official act,

Vance said

The South Georgia region is a priority for the campaign,

a representative for the Harris team told NBC

The whole case should be thrown out and dismissed on Presidential Immunity grounds, as already ruled unequivocally by the U.S. Supreme Court,

I mean the one thing that I did see, which I felt was just classic lipstick on a pig, is, you know of course, the reason the Supreme Court threw out his lawsuit is because they said it implicated the president's official acts, of course, which the president has immunity in conducting those official acts,

Vance said in Nashville, Tennessee

It's not uncommon for a prosecutor to do this,

I think that the former president's lawyers, who are all very competent, will file a motion saying, 'we've basically got the same old indictment shined up purportedly as something new,

[Jack Smith] should be ashamed of himself and it's one of the reasons we have to win—because he should not be anywhere near power."

Vance added

His Florida Document Hoax Case has been completely dismissed. This is merely an attempt to INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTION, and distract the American People from the catastrophes Kamala Harris has inflicted on our Nation, like the Border Invasion, Migrant Crime, Rampant Inflation, the threat of World War III, and more,

A superseding indictment was filed in the DC election interference case today. It streamlines the charges and supporting evidence in the original indictment, in keeping with the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) ruling re: executive immunity."

Sharing a post on his X, Smith said

The justice department has a decent chance of prevailing, but reviving the case alone won’t solve a continuing challenge Smith would still face: Cannon herself,

MSNBC’s Jordan Rubin, a former New York prosecutor, wrote

It's still a strong case, because frankly much of what Trump is accused of doing here was done in his personal capacity as a candidate

in the 2020 election he lost to President Joe Biden, Bachner said

There are a lot of questions that have been lingering out there for her to answer as we go into this fall campaign,

said David Chalian, CNN’s political director

On January 2, four days before Congress's certification proceeding, the Defendant and others called Georgia's Secretary of State. During the call, the Defendant lied to the Georgia Secretary of State."

Cannon’s decision to dismiss the case was based on an incorrect reading of the constitution concluding Smith’s appointment to be unlawful. Every single court to consider the issue (including Scotus) has taken a different position,

Grand jury proceedings are secret by law, but it's not unusual in a case of this high profile for somebody to leak it,

I thought the way they actually divided that conduct and tried to protect the president's official duties—that seems sensible to me."

In 2021, senior officials from the Biden administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain Covid-19 content, including humour and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn’t agree,

he said in a letter to Jim Jordan, the Republican head of the House judiciary committee

It is DOJ policy that the Department of Justice should not take any action that will influence an election within 60 days of that election — but they just have taken such action,

It certainly was the only move he had, ... given that the previous indictment

Each of these conspiracies — which build on the widespread mistrust the Defendant was creating through pervasive and destabilizing lies about election fraud — targeted a bedrock function of the United States government: the nation’s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election,

It circumvents the need for an evidentiary hearing (the "mini trial") to determine what charges apply. The DOJ has stated its position in this indictment. The majority of the charges levied against Donald Trump fall outside the scope of immunity."

In a saner age, ... ...after the failed assassination attempt on Trump, an ordinary prosecutor thinking about the national interest might say to him or herself: Let me drop this hyper-political case and help the Nation heal."

I’ve also been informed by my attorneys, that you’re not even allowed to bring cases literally right before an Election – A direct assault on Democracy!” ... This is an unprecedented abuse of the Criminal Justice System.”

This travesty is now on Comrade Kamala Harris, who is actively pushing it, rather than immediately calling for its dismissal, as should be done,

Trump posted

What they are doing now is the single greatest sabotage of our Democracy in History.”

Trump is at least presumptively immune from prosecution for such conduct”.

The first indictment was never going to pass Constitutional muster,

So if Smith wants to proceed against Trump his only choice was to have a new indictment voted that eliminated the issues raised by the Supreme Court on immunity,

What they did was eliminate all reference to Trump in his official capacity and bring charges specifically against Candidate Trump,

I was concerned about a system that appeared to provide immunity for one individual under one set of circumstances when we have a criminal justice system that ordinarily treats everyone the same,