
BONUS: Prosecuting Donald Trump: The 2020 Election Indictment Read by Ali Velshi
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
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The Criminal Agreement and Acts to Affect the Object of the Conspiracy
The defendant and his co-conspirators executed a strategy to use knowing deceit in the targeted states to impair, obstruct, and defeat the federal government function. The criminal scheme included false claims of election fraud aimed at interfering with the ascertainment of and voting by Arizona's electors. They also asked the Arizona House Speaker to circumvent the process by which legitimate electors would be ascertained for Biden based on the popular vote.
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