(Finance) – The former American President Donald Trump has also been indicted for the assault on Congress which took place on January 6, 2021. This is the third indictment after the one for i top secret documents hidden in the Mar-a-Lago residence and the accusation of having paid for the silence of the porn star Stormy Daniels with campaign funds.
Trump was indicted for the assault on Capitol Hill by a federal grand jurycalled to examine the evidence by the federal prosecutor Jack Smith. “A assault on democracy an unprecedented American situation” defined the prosecutor in a press conference, hoping for “a speedy trial”.
Trump will be called to appear before the judge Thursday along with six other defendantswhich according to CNN would be i his former lawyerscited by the judge for having supported the former President in an attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 elections, which then resulted in the assault on the Capitol in early 2021. Four counts against the tycoon: conspiracy, fraud, attack on the constitution, obstruction of justice.
Trump already knew about his indictment and had commented on the news on Truth, stating “I heard that crazy Jack Smith, for interfering in the election, will issue another false indictment against me”. “They want another false incrimination against me – continued the former President – the day after that Joe Biden scandal, one of the largest in American history, exploded in Congress. A country in decline”. A reference to the testimony of a former associate against Hunter Biden, son of the current President, accused of tax violation and illegal possession of firearms.