{"id":1989404,"date":"2023-08-03T05:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-timeline-of-2020-election-investigations\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T05:55:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:55:01","slug":"donald-trump-indicted-timeline-of-2020-election-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-timeline-of-2020-election-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Election Investigations: Timeline of Donald Trump&#8217;s Indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-timeline-of-2020-election-investigations%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=1989404&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>Former President Donald Trump Indicted on Charges Related to Attempted Election Overturn<\/h2>\n<p>Former\u2064 President Donald Trump was indicted by a\u2062 grand jury in Washington, D.C., on \u200dTuesday on\u200d charges related to his alleged \u200dattempts \u200cto overturn the 2020 election after a\u2064 lengthy\u2064 investigation into\u2062 his actions.<\/p>\n<p>Since\u2063 the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump has faced several investigations into his actions after the 2020 election leading\u200c to\u2062 the indictment handed down earlier this week. Here is \u2063a timeline of the investigations into Trump&#8217;s actions to\u200d allegedly attempt \u200dto overturn his 2020 \u2064election loss \u2064to \u200dJoe Biden.<\/p>\n<h3>Donald Trump Indicted: Three Takeaways from Former President&#8217;s\u200c Third Indictment<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nov. 3, 2020:<\/strong> Election Day 2020. Then-President Donald Trump\u2063 is seeking\u2062 a second term against former\u200c Vice President Joe Biden. A\u2062 winner \u2062is not projected by the media within 24 hours of \u2063the polls closing, as is usually the case, because of an influx of\u200b vote-by-mail\u2062 due to the coronavirus pandemic, \u2063which\u200b is slowing vote counting. In the early \u2063morning hours of Nov. 4, Trump declares victory despite\u2063 no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-timeline-of-2020-election-investigations\/\" title=\"2020 Election Investigations: Timeline of Donald Trump's Indictment\">media outlet projecting<\/a> the\u2062 election for either candidate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. \u200c7, 2020:<\/strong> Major media outlets\u200b project Biden will defeat Trump in the presidential election. Trump doubles \u200cdown on \u2064his claims that he won the election, tweeting, &#8220;I WON THIS ELECTION,\u2064 BY A LOT!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 14, 2020:<\/strong> Trump launches his scheme to \u2063overturn the \u200b2020 election and &#8220;defraud the United\u2063 States,&#8221; the indictment against Trump claims.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan. 6, 2021:<\/strong> Trump holds\u2062 a rally\u2064 at \u2064the Ellipse after days of pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject the certified slate of electors in a bid to overturn \u2062the results of the presidential election.\u2063 Pence does not reject the electors, arguing his role in the certification of the election is simply ceremonial. Rioters descend on the \u200dCapitol, forcing Pence and members of \u200cCongress to evacuate. Eventually, the riots are quelled, and lawmakers return and certify the election for Biden.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan. 13, 2021:<\/strong> Trump \u2062is impeached by \u2064the House \u200dof Representatives for one article of &#8220;incitement \u2062of insurrection.&#8221; The \u2064vote is 232-197, with 10 Republicans joining all Democrats.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan. \u200b20, 2021:<\/strong> Trump leaves office, allegedly with classified documents, as Biden\u200d is sworn in as president at noon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feb. 13, 2021:<\/strong> Trump, now \u2064the former president, is acquitted of the impeachment charge by the Senate after a majority, but not two-thirds, of the Senate votes to\u2063 convict. The vote is 57-43, with seven Republicans joining all Democrats and independents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 1, 2021:<\/strong> The House \u2062Jan. 6 committee\u2063 is formed by a nearly\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-joe-manchin-threatens-to-derail-bidens-1-9-trillion-aid-bill-unless-it-receives-bipartisan-support\/\" title=\"Sen. Joe Manchin Threatens To Derail Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Aid Bill Unless It Receives \u2018Bipartisan\u2019 Support\">party-line vote<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 9, 2022:<\/strong> The House Jan. 6 committee holds its first\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/editor-daily-rundown-even-with-gop-control-over-most-state-legislatures-democrats-emerge-as-redistricting-winners\/\" title=\"Editor Daily Rundown: Even With GOP Control Over Most State Legislatures, Democrats Emerge As Redistricting Winners\">prime-time hearing<\/a>\u200c with a heavy focus on Trump&#8217;s\u200c actions surrounding the Capitol riot.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 15, 2022:<\/strong> Trump announces his 2024 presidential \u2062campaign.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 18, 2022:<\/strong> Attorney General \u2062Merrick Garland announces the appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel to continue investigations into \u2063Trump regarding his alleged \u2064mishandling \u2064of classified documents\u200d and his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dec. 19, 2022:<\/strong> The House Jan. 6 committee holds its final hearing before disbanding at \u200bthe end of the congressional term.\u2064 The committee releases its report, with\u200d criminal referrals to the Department of Justice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 8, 2023:<\/strong> Trump\u200b is indicted by a grand jury after Smith&#8217;s investigation into the former president&#8217;s alleged mishandling of classified documents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>July 18, 2023:<\/strong> Trump claims \u2063he has received a target letter from the grand\u200d jury in Washington, D.C.,\u200d weighing charges for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aug. 1, 2023:<\/strong> Trump \u2064is indicted on four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to\u2064 obstruct \u2063an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against\u2062 rights.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aug. 3, 2023:<\/strong> \u200dTrump is scheduled to be arraigned at a federal courthouse in Washington.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE \u2062TO\u200b READ MORE FROM\u2062 THE\u2063 WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the third case \u2063in which Trump has been indicted this year, and \u200cit \u200bis his second\u2062 federal indictment. The former president was indicted in Manhattan on charges related to business records \u200cfalsification in\u2064 March and \u2064in the\u2063 U.S. District Court for\u200c the Southern District of Florida for charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified \u200bdocuments. Smith also led the investigation in the\u2064 classified documents case. Trump is the first president,\u200d current\u2064 or former, to \u200bbe indicted.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is widely expected to be indicted by a grand jury in Georgia later in the month over different charges related to\u2064 his alleged attempts to overturn \u2064the 2020 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump indicted by Washington, D.C. grand jury for alleged attempts to overturn 2020 election. 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