New federal indictment filed against Trump in federal Jan. 6 case
"Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a new indictment of Donald Trump in the case involving an alleged conspiracy to obstruct the results of the 2020 election — a move that follows a historic Supreme Court ruling granting broad immunity to presidents for official acts, and comes just before an election period window was about to close on filing such charges."
This is a direct challenge to Chief Justice Roberts and the MAGA SCOTUS.
"In about 10 days, a Justice Department policy known as “the 60-day rule” will take effect forestalling any new filing of charges against the former president, who is again the Republican nominee for the White House.
In a written notice to the court, Smith said the indictment was filed “by a new grand jury that had not previously heard evidence in this case” and that it “reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Court’s holdings and remand instructions.”
Smith said he will not seek to have Trump arraigned again on the new version of the four-count indictment, and still expects to make a joint proposal later this week about how to schedule a new set of pretrial hearings.
The original 45-page indictment has been reduced to 36 pages, after prosecutors removed a series of allegations that the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority said were wrongly filed. Specifically, those allegations related to an effort by Trump in late 2020 to make the Justice Department support his false claims of potential voter fraud."
Smith has complied with SCOTUS's ruling. The crux of the argument will rest on the DOJ resisting Trump's attempt to steamroll his will on DOJ.
