{"id":2332150,"date":"2024-08-27T21:13:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T01:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-introduces-new-indictment-against-trump-reason-why-revealed\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T21:16:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T01:16:14","slug":"jack-smith-introduces-new-indictment-against-trump-reason-why-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-introduces-new-indictment-against-trump-reason-why-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Smith Introduces New Indictment Against Trump, Reason Why Revealed"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fjack-smith-introduces-new-indictment-against-trump-reason-why-revealed%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=2332150&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--><p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-deputy-said-he-was-shot-in-line-of-duty-he-shot-himself\/\" title=\"California Deputy Said He Was Shot In Line Of Duty. He Shot Himself.\">legal analyst<\/a> Elie Honig recently discussed the evolution of special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s case against Donald Trump \u2062regarding election-related charges. Following a Supreme Court ruling affirming presidential\u2064 immunity for certain &#8220;official acts&#8221; performed while in\u200c office, Smith restructured the indictment, maintaining the original four charges but omitting aspects deemed officially immune. The case now focuses on Trump&#8217;s alleged efforts to pressure state and local officials and to submit fraudulent elector lists.\u200d Honig suggested that this adjustment represents a strategic retreat by Smith, who aims to concentrate on charges less likely to be dismissed under presidential\u2062 immunity. He also anticipated that Trump&#8217;s legal team\u200d would\u200d appeal the new indictment, raising questions about whether the case could proceed before the\u200d upcoming election \u200bon November 5th, 2024.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said on Tuesday that special counsel Jack Smith &ldquo;cut back&rdquo; on the election case against Republican nominee Donald Trump due to the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-hands-trump-win-rejects-jack-smiths-request-to-expedite-presidential-immunity-decision\/\" title=\"Supreme Court grants Trump victory, denies Jack Smith&#039;s plea for quick Presidential immunity ruling\">presidential immunity ruling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smith filed a superseding indictment on Tuesday including the same four charges initially handed down on August 1, 2023, in relation to his alleged interference in the 2020 election. Honig said Smith removed several parts of the original indictment that would likely be considered &ldquo;official acts&rdquo; and is solely charging Trump with his alleged attempts to &ldquo;pressure state and local officials&rdquo; and &ldquo;submit false slates of electors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, if you&rsquo;re wondering why would Jack Smith pair back, cut back his own case, the answer is because of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/schumer-launches-attempt-effectively-reverse-supreme-courts-trump-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>&rsquo;s immunity ruling which came down in July,&rdquo; Honig said. &ldquo;In that ruling, it said that many of the things that Donald Trump did while he was in office, including specifically his interactions with DOJ, his public communications, likely his interactions with the [former] vice president [Mike Pence], those things are likely going to be immune and therefore out of this case.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So therefore Jack Smith made a tactical decision, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m not going to fight the battle to keep those things in the case. I&rsquo;m going to take them out of the case, I&rsquo;m gonna focus on the pressure that Donald Trump put on state and local officials and the fake electors scheme and I&rsquo;m going to try and go ahead with those pieces of the case still in place,&rdquo; Honig continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that presidents have immunity from prosecution for &ldquo;official acts&rdquo; taken in office on July 1st. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion that the analysis of what is considered an official act is best left up to the lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Smith charged Trump in August 2023 with &ldquo;Conspiracy to defraud <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-leveled-declaring-sitting-president-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the United States<\/a>,&rdquo; &ldquo;Conspiracy to corruptly obstruct and impede the January 6 proceedings&rdquo; and &ldquo;A conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one&rsquo;s vote counted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think this is a tactical retreat of sorts,&rdquo; Honig continued. &ldquo;I think Jack Smith has made the decision, given the Supreme Court&rsquo;s immunity ruling, &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t want to spend the time and the resources to fight for inclusion of those other parts of the case. So what Jack Smith has done is retreat to the safest ground to the part that the Supreme Court actually said is probably okay, is probably not immune. They said it&rsquo;s very likely not the job of the president to interact with and pressure state and local officials.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Honig added that Trump&rsquo;s legal team will likely appeal the new indictment and argue the remainder of the case is immune. 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On Tuesday, Smith submitted a revised indictment that maintains the same four charges originally filed on August 1, 2023, concerning Trump&#8217;s alleged interference in the 2020 election. Honig noted that Smith removed several elements from the initial indictment that could be classified as &#8220;official acts,&#8221; focusing instead on Trump&#8217;s purported efforts to &#8220;pressure state and local officials&#8221; and to &#8220;submit false slates of electors.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Honig explained that Smith&#8217;s decision to narrow his case was influenced by the Supreme Court&#8217;s July ruling, which indicated that many actions taken by Trump while in office\u2014such as his communications with the Department of Justice and interactions with former Vice President Mike Pence\u2014are likely protected from prosecution. As a result, Honig suggested that Smith opted not to contest these aspects but rather concentrate on Trump&#8217;s pressure tactics regarding state officials and the fraudulent elector scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of presidential immunity for actions deemed &#8220;official acts&#8221; performed while in office. Chief Justice John Roberts stated in his majority opinion that determining what constitutes an official act should primarily be left to lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2023, Trump was charged with \u201cConspiracy to defraud the United States,\u201d \u201cConspiracy to corruptly obstruct and impede the January 6 proceedings,\u201d and \u201cA conspiracy against the right to vote and have one\u2019s vote counted.\u201d Honig characterized this adjustment as a strategic retreat by Jack Smith, who appears unwilling to expend resources fighting for inclusion of other elements now considered likely immune under Supreme Court guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Honig also mentioned it is probable Trump&#8217;s legal team will appeal this new indictment, arguing for immunity regarding other parts of the case. He assessed there is virtually no chance (0 percent) for this case to go to trial before Election Day on November 5th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2332151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-20-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[15074,32463,33211,33017,3634],"class_list":["post-2332150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-indictment","tag-jack-smith","tag-legal-news","tag-political-analysis","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-20-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332150","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=2332150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}