Jack Smith brings new election interference indictment against Trump

Published August 27, 2024 4:19pm ET



Special counsel Jack Smith brought a superseding indictment against Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, charging the same four felonies he did one year ago over allegations the former president illegally attempted to overturn the 2020 election.

The indictment is slightly shorter than the previous one Smith brought last August, as the special counsel excised portions of it after the Supreme Court ruled in July that some of the initial indictment included activity protected by presidential immunity.

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