
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 Conspiracy to Overturn the Legitimate Results of the 2020 Presidential Election
The purpose of the conspiracy was to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by using knowingly false claims of election fraud. Trump, did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with co-conspirators known and unknown to the grand jury to defraud the United States. The federal government function by which the results of the election for president of the United States are collected, counted, and certified was established through the Constitution and the Electoral Count Act, ECA enacted in 1887.
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