US Capitol on January 6

Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’

Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’

  • New filing seeks to convince judge that the offenses charged in the indictment are private, rather than official, acts
  • It narrows the scope of the prosecution charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the results of the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden
  • New filing follows Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents for official acts they take in office
By AP ·