Donald Trump was indicted yet again on Tuesday, this time relating to the (federally-staged, sham) January 6th debacle.
Trump has been indicted on four federal counts.
- Conspiracy to defraud the US
- Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding
- Obstruction of and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding
- Conspiracy against Rights
🚨President Trump has been indicted on 4 federal counts:
Conspiracy to defraud the US
Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding
Obstruction of and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding
Conspiracy against Rights
It is *very* important to note he was not charged with… pic.twitter.com/FHj2JKeOev
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 1, 2023
From CNBC:
Trump was hit with four serious felonies in the new indictment, accusing him of fraudulently trying to undo his loss in the 2020 election.
The first charge, conspiracy to defraud the United States, has a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison if convicted.
Two other charges — conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and obstruction of an official proceeding — carry much heavier maximums: 20 years in prison.
The fourth charge against Trump, conspiracy against rights, has a maximum possible sentence of 10 years behind bars.
“I hear that Deranged Jack Smith, in order to interfere with the Presidential Election of 2024, will be putting out yet another Fake Indictment of your favorite President, me, at 5:00 P.M. Why didn’t they do this 2.5 years ago? Why did they wait so long? Because they wanted to put it right in the middle of my campaign. Prosecutorial Misconduct!” Trump said Tuesday on Truth Social.
“Also, why are they putting out another Fake Indictment the day after the Crooked Joe Biden SCANDAL, one of the biggest in American history, broke out in the Halls of Congress??? A Nation In Decline!” Trump said in another post.
Donald Trump’s campaign released this statement regarding the indictment:
The indictment also says there are six unnamed co-conspirators.
6 unindicted co-conspirators pic.twitter.com/GfU9suwfXN
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) August 1, 2023
U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, an Obama appointee, has been assigned the Trump J6 case.
NBC News reports:
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, who has been assigned the Trump indictment case, previously ruled that the Trump administration had to turn over documents related to Jan. 6 in a November 2021 case.
The House Jan. 6 committee had subpoenaed the Trump administration for documents related to the attack on the Capitol. Trump tried to assert executive privilege, but Chutkan ruled against him twice.
🚨Just in: The Trump case has been assigned to US District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, an Obama appointee. pic.twitter.com/5ANJlaZy7S
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) August 1, 2023
Chutkan is the only federal judge in Washington D.C. who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government requested.
The Trump case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, according to the court docket. Chutkan, an Obama appointee, is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 1, 2023
The judge assigned to Trump’s case is an Obama appointed judge who sentenced Jan 6 defendants to more prison time than prosecutors sought pic.twitter.com/UTXWknAiib
— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) August 1, 2023
Reuters reported in 2021:
A federal judge in Washington has repeatedly sentenced people who stormed the U.S. Capitol to more prison time than prosecutors sought, saying that even people who were not violent should face consequences for joining the unprecedented assault.
In the past week, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has imposed sentences ranging from 14 to 45 days on four people who pleaded guilty to unlawful parading and picketing inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6 — a misdemeanor offense.
"There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government, beyond sitting at home," Chutkan said at one of the hearings.
From Daily Mail in 2021:
The federal judge assigned on Tuesday to hear Donald Trump's lawsuit against the House Select Committee on January 6 has a history of harsh words and harsh sentencing for people involved in the Capitol attack.
She denounced the rioters as a 'violent mob seeking to overthrow the lawfully elected government' during the sentencing hearing of one participant, Matthew Mazzocco, who she sentenced to 45 days in jail despite prosecutors not recommending any incarceration.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan was handed the case at random a day after Trump filed the suit in a bid to block the release of records to the Democrat-led committee. The case is expected to test the limits of executive privilege.
Overseeing the potentially landmark case is a 59-year-old Washington, DC judge who was appointed by Barack Obama in 2013.
Public records show she donated around $2,200 to Obama in 2008, when she was a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner.
Already Chutkan is known for handing down sentences of at least 14 days for Capitol riot defendants who've entered her courtroom.
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