Trump Erupts Over Reindictment On Coup Attempt Charges

The former president launched a tirade on Truth Social, calling the superseding indictment an “attempt to interfere with the election.”

Donald Trump erupted in a tirade on Truth Social over special counsel Jack Smith’s announcement on Tuesday that Trump had been reindicted on four charges related to his Jan. 6, 2021, attempt to subvert the 2020 election results.

“In an effort to resurrect a ‘dead’ Witch Hunt in Washington, D.C., in an act of desperation, and in order to save face, the illegally appointed “Special Counsel” Deranged Jack Smith, has brought a ridiculous new Indictment against me, which has all the problems of the old Indictment, and should be dismissed IMMEDIATELY,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday.

“His Florida Document Hoax Case has been completely dismissed. This is merely an attempt to INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTION, and distract the American People from the catastrophes Kamala Harris has inflicted on our Nation, like the Border Invasion, Migrant Crime, Rampant Inflation, the threat of World War III, and more,” Trump said.

Trump faces the same four charges as he did in the original indictment last year. The superseding indictment highlights how he paved the way for the attack on the Capitol in the months following his election loss in 2020. The indictment also outlines how Trump allegedly attempted to overturn the election results by pressuring key states to submit fake Electoral College votes to the Senate in his favor.

But the new, slightly shorter indictment no longer mentions Trump’s efforts to enlist federal executive branch employees who reported to him — an attempt to honor the Supreme Court’s ruling in July that Trump was immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts” while he was president.