Analysis: The political world is watching closely to see if and when Donald Trump is indicted — again. While we don’t know for sure that charges are coming or when they might land, here are a few things to watch for if they do.
A new criminal indictment would be Trump’s third, after the federal classified-documents charges last month and the hush money case brought in Manhattan in April.
The first one, obstruction of an official proceeding, has been used extensively against Jan. 6 defendants, and it basically amounts to disrupting Congress’s certification of electoral college votes. Precisely how that might pertain to Trump is the big question. It’s readily apparent how rioters who have been charged with this offense disrupted the day’s events.
A major question is how big Smith might go with his charges. Charging Trump with some kind of conspiracy would mean laying out Trump’s broader plot and how it allegedly ran afoul of the law, including things like the “fake elector” plot.But again, Smith has given no public signals about the specific crimes he plans to charge, so for now, we will have to wait and see.
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