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Revision as of 13:15, 23 May 2024 view source Space4Time3Continuum2x (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 14,538 edits →‎Mueller investigation: Ce based on previous two edits ← Previous edit		Revision as of 14:30, 23 May 2024 view source QuicoleJR (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers 11,299 edits →‎Federal and state criminal cases: It is not the specific charges that matter, it is the fact that he was indicted over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election that matters. Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit Next edit →
Line 606: \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/21/trump-documents-trial-date-2024-election/\|title=All the times Trump's trials conflict with the 2024 election campaign\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\|date=August 28, 2023\|access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref> On August 1, a Washington, D.C., federal grand jury indicted Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. He was charged with conspiring to [[Conspiracy against the United States\|defraud the U.S.]], obstruct the certification of the Electoral College vote, and [[conspiracy against rights\|deprive people of the civil right]] to have their votes counted, and obstructing an official proceeding.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Barrett\|first1=Devlin\|last2=Hsu\|first2=Spencer S.\|last3=Stein\|first3=Perry\|last4=Dawsey\|first4=Josh\|last5=Alemany\|first5=Jacqueline\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/01/trump-indictment-jan-6-2020-election/\|title=Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\|date=August 2, 2023\|access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> Trump pleaded not guilty.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Sneed\|first1=Tierney\|last2=Rabinowitz\|first2=Hannah\|last3=Polantz\|first3=Katelyn\|last4=Lybrand\|first4=Holmes\|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/03/politics/arraignment-trump-election-interference-indictment/index.html\|title=Donald Trump pleads not guilty to January 6-related charges\|work=[[CNN]]\|date=August 3, 2023\|access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> On August 14, a [[Fulton County, Georgia]], grand jury indicted Trump on 13 charges for – among other felonies – racketeering after Trump campaign officials accessed voting machines with election officials.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Lowell\|first1=Hugo\|last2=Wicker\|first2=Jewel\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/donald-trump-georgia-indictment-2020-election\|title=Donald Trump and allies indicted in Georgia over bid to reverse 2020 election loss\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|date=August 15, 2023\|access-date=December 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Drenon\|first=Brandon\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66503668\|title=What are the charges in Trump's Georgia indictment?\|work=[[BBC News]]\|date=August 25, 2023\|access-date=December 22, 2023}}</ref> On August 24, Trump surrendered, was placed under arrest and processed at Fulton County Jail and released on bail. He has used [[Mug shot of Donald Trump\|the mug shot]] as part of his campaign.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Pereira\|first1=Ivan\|last2=Barr\|first2=Luke/\|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-mug-shot-released-georgia-sheriffs-office/story?id=102544727\|title=Trump mug shot released by Fulton County Sheriff's Office\|work=[[ABC News]]\|date=August 25, 2023\|access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref> On August 31, he pleaded not guilty.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Rabinowitz\|first=Hannah\|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/31/politics/trump-not-guilty-plea-fulton-county/index.html\|title=Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election subversion case\|work=[[CNN]]\|date=August 31, 2023\|access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref> On March 13, 2024, the judge dismissed three of the 13 charges without dismissing the "overt acts tied to charges".<ref>{{cite news\|last=Bailey\|first=Holly\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-election-case-charges-dropped/\|title=Georgia judge dismisses six charges in Trump election interference case\|date=March 13, 2024\|access-date=March 14, 2024\|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>