{"id":1988208,"date":"2023-08-01T19:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-schumer-and-jeffries-call-doj-charges-the-most-serious-yet\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T19:54:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:54:19","slug":"donald-trump-indicted-schumer-and-jeffries-call-doj-charges-the-most-serious-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-schumer-and-jeffries-call-doj-charges-the-most-serious-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer and Jeffries deem Trump&#8217;s indictment as the &#8216;gravest&#8217; charges yet by DOJ."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-indicted-schumer-and-jeffries-call-doj-charges-the-most-serious-yet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1988208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Indictment of Donald Trump: A\u2064 Stark Reminder that No One is \u200bAbove the Law<\/h2>\n<p>The top Democrats \u200din the\u200d House and \u2062Senate have\u2063 released a joint statement emphasizing the significance of Tuesday&#8217;s\u2062 indictment of Donald Trump. They assert that this serves\u2063 as a\u200b &#8220;stark reminder&#8221; that no\u2064 individual, including a president of the United States, is exempt from the law.<\/p>\n<p>A grand jury in Washington, D.C., has \u200dindicted Trump \u2064on four charges related \u2063to his attempts to overturn\u200c the results of the 2020\u200d election.\u200d These charges include\u200c conspiracy to\u200b defraud the United\u2062 States and obstruction of \u200dan official proceeding.<\/p>\n<h3>The Most Serious and Consequential Case Yet<\/h3>\n<p>This case marks the second handled by special counsel Jack Smith, who has \u200dstated that the Capitol riot on\u2063 January \u200d6, 2021, was fueled by the lies surrounding a stolen election. Additionally, Trump is currently under\u200c investigation by\u2063 the Justice Department for his handling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to the first indictment in June, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer \u200c(D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)\u200b are \u200ccalling for an investigation \u200cthat remains free from &#8220;outside interference.&#8221; However, they emphasize that the January \u200b6 case is the &#8220;most serious and most consequential thus far.&#8221; It\u200b is\u200d worth\u200b noting that \u2064Trump\u2064 is also facing charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ny-ag-files-fraud-suit-against-donald-trump-children\/\" title=\"BREAKING: NY AG Files Fraud Suit Against Donald Trump, Children\">business fraud<\/a> in Manhattan, \u2063and another indictment is\u2062 expected in \u2064Georgia regarding his actions\u200b in \u20622020. Trump\u2063 vehemently denies any\u2063 wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The \u200bculmination of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-schumer-and-jeffries-call-doj-charges-the-most-serious-yet\/\" title=\"Schumer and Jeffries deem Trump's indictment as the 'gravest' charges yet by DOJ.\">months-long criminal plot<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries and Schumer assert that the third indictment of Mr. Trump provides shocking details that the violence\u200c on January 6 was the\u2064 result of a\u2064 criminal plot orchestrated by the former president. Their\u200b statement highlights Trump&#8217;s unfounded\u200c claims of voter fraud, as well\u200b as an elaborate scheme\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-hold-mark-meadows-in-criminal-contempt-after-defying-subpoena-from-jan-6-select-committee\/\" title=\"House Votes To Hold Mark Meadows In Criminal Contempt After Defying Subpoena From Jan. 6 Select Committee\">send alternate slates<\/a> \u200bof electors\u200c to certify the\u2064 election in his \u200cfavor, rather than \u2064President Joe Biden. Even \u200cthen-Vice \u200dPresident \u2062Mike Pence resisted pressure to overturn the election during his \u2064role in overseeing its certification\u2063 in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Investigation and Accountability<\/p>\n<p>In \u200dresponse to the fallout from the Capitol riot, the House \u200cconducted an 18-month investigation, culminating in \u2064an 845-page \u200creport released \u200bin the final days\u2062 of the \u200c118th Congress. This report squarely places\u200d the\u200c blame for the events of\u2062 that\u2064 day on Trump. Additionally, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill clarifying that\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gravy-train-keeps-rolling-for-second-stepdaughter-ella-emhoff\/\" title=\"Gravy Train Keeps Rolling for Second Stepdaughter Ella Emhoff\">vice president&#8217;<\/a>s role in\u2063 election certification is \u200bpurely ceremonial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington\u200b Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Partisan Reactions and Ongoing Investigations<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have denounced the Tuesday indictment, viewing \u200bit as\u2063 a partisan attempt to imprison Biden&#8217;s chief rival in\u200b the 2024 presidential\u2063 race. Meanwhile, the president \u200dhimself is \u2062embroiled in a classified documents\u200d scandal,\u2062 and the Republican-led House is investigating allegations of corrupt business dealings abroad involving President Biden&#8217;s son, Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>The White \u2063House firmly denies any involvement by \u200dJoe\u200d Biden in Hunter Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-daily-wire-poll-most-americans-oppose-oscars-diversity-requirements\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Daily Wire Poll: Most Americans Oppose Oscars\u2019 Diversity Requirements\">business affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House and Senate&#8217;s leading Democrats issued a joint statement, emphasizing that Donald Trump&#8217;s recent indictment serves as a strong reminder that no one, not even a US president, is exempt from the law. The charges against Trump, linked to his attempts to overturn the election, were brought forth by a Washington, D.C. grand jury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1988209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}