Washington – According to familiar sources, the letter sent to Donald Trump by the Department of Justice outlines categories of allegations that he might potentially face, including a conspiracy to defraud the United States, which involves plotting to deceive the United States of America during the 2020 elections.
On Tuesday, Trump announced that he was informed that he was the target of a supposed election fraud investigation involving special counsel Jack Smith.
Experts say that the conspiracy accusation could cover various aspects of Trump’s strategy to overturn the 2020 election. ABC News reported that the letter also mentioned witness tampering as a possible charge under investigation, referring to a part of the investigation into the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack where DJT was listed as a possible subject of witness tampering.
The spokesperson for the Department of Justice denied commenting on the letter.
Based on legal experts’ analysis of witness testimonies and House committee recommendations, here is a clarification on the categories of allegations:
What does the conspiracy to defraud the United States mean?
The House panel recommended the accusation of attempting to defraud the United States of America by obstructing the count of Electoral College votes, pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to exclude voters for Joe Biden and recruiting alternative Republican electors in those seven key states that President Joe Biden won. The Trump campaign recruited Republican voters to sign off on fake electoral votes on December 14, 2020, alongside officially certified electors.
In a judgement against President Donald Trump and his lawyer, John Eastman, during the civil complaint review, American District Judge David Carter stated that there is a “greater likelihood” that they engaged in illegal conduct. Carter called this strategy a “takhtapalat” in search of legal principles.
Carter wrote, “The illegality of the scheme was clear.”
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Tuesday the charges of election fraud and conspiracy against 16 voters in that state. Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County in Georgia, is looking into potential election fraud.
Trump’s attorneys said that if their legal challenges are successful and courts overturn state results, they would schedule the elections for alternative electors.
In another aspect of the plan, on January 2, 2021, Donald Trump also called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and asked him to “find” 11,780 votes to send the results to Biden.
However, Raffensperger informed him that officials found no widespread electoral fraud.
Donald Trump has denied any wrongdoing and called his call “perfect.”
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Why did they accuse Trump of witness tampering?
Members of the investigative panel in the Senate revealed that Trump made several attempts to contact witnesses before the hearing last year.
One member, Representative Liz Cheney, R-Wyo, said that the panel took any attempts to influence witness testimony very seriously and referred the incidents to the Department of Justice.
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ former aide, Kassie Hutchinson, testified that Trump’s early lawyers, paid for by his allies, encouraged her not to disclose everything she knew before the panel. She stated that they wanted her to remain loyal to Trump World.
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