The federal grand jury in the investigation of former president Donald Trump indicted him on four charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Michael Waldman, president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, had the following comment:
“Today’s charges matter beyond the fact that a former president is accused. Donald Trump and his co-conspirators tried to overthrow American democracy. They wanted to negate the votes of millions of Americans. They did this using phony claims of voter fraud and rigged elections. These conspiracy theories are still being used to justify changes to voting and election law all over the country. Donald Trump will stand trial. The Big Lie will be on trial too.”
Related Brennan Center Resources
- “The Civil Rights Law That Could Be Used to Indict Trump” (Sean Morales-Doyle and Gabriella Sanchez, July 2023)
- “Fact Check: Trump’s Georgia Call to Raffensperger” (Martha Kinsella and Lauren Miller, July 2023)
- “The Election Deniers’ Playbook for 2024” (Lauren Miller and Wendy Weiser, May 2023)
- Lessons for Our Elections from the January 6 Hearings (Harry Black, Lauren Miller, Daniel Weiner, and Wendy Weiser; December 2022)
- “Testimony Before the United States House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol” (Wendy Weiser, June 2022)
- “Finding the Same Misinformation in Anti-Voter Lawsuits and Anti-Voter Legislation” (Katie Friel and Will Wilder, April 2022)
- “Election Denial Rhetoric from Sponsors of State Voter Suppression Legislation” (Andrew Garber, April 2022)
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