Link to text of criminal indictment filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 08/01/23 in case number 1:23-cr-00257-TSC, includes for co-conspirators (news reports identify them as Rudy Giuliani; John Eastman; Syndey Powell; Jeffrey Clark, Kenneth Chesebro, and yet unknown.)…. “From on or about November 14, 2020, through on or about January 20, 2021, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, the Defendant, DONALD J. TRUMP, did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with co-conspirators, known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to defraud the United States by using dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to impair, obstruct, and defeat the lawful federal government function by which the results of the presidential election are collected, counted, and certified by the federal government…”

• Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S. – 18 U.S. Code § 371
• Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding – 18 U.S. Code § 1512(k)
• Obstruction and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding. 18 U.S. Code § 1505
• Conspiracy Against Rights – 18 U.S. Code § 241
• AP – “…The federal judge assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attack fueled by Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen election. She has also ruled against him before. Trump is to appear Thursday [August 3, 2023] before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former assistant public defender who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama. She often has handed down prison sentences in Jan. 6, 2021, riot cases that are harsher than Justice Department prosecutors recommended.”
• Statement of DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith – “…The attack on our nation’s capital on January 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government, the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election…”
• The Brennan Center – The Civil Rights Law Used to Indict Trump. Charging the former president for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election continues a long legal legacy of guarding against election subversion.
• The New York Times Jan. 6 Indictment, Annotated
• Slate – U.S. v. Trump Will Be the Most Important Case in Our Nation’s History By Richard L. Hasen
• LawFare – Trump Jan. 6 Indictment: The Facts – Saraphin Dhanani, Hyemin Han, Eugenia Lostri, Tyler McBrien, Katherine Pompilio The story as told by the special counsel.
• How to Read the Indictment United States v. Trump, again. by Joyce Vance Aug 2, 2023