On Tuesday, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a revised indictment against Donald Trump related to his attempts to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election. The new, narrower set of charges is intended to account for the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in July that invented the concept of legal immunity for U.S. presidents.
The biggest change to the indictment: All charges related to Trump’s attempts to bully Justice Department officials into supporting his claim that the 2020 election was stolen have been removed.
However, the majority of the original indictment remains. Trump still faces charges for other actions he took to subvert the election, including the scheme to elevate fraudulent electors willing to lie about election results in several swing states.