{"id":585405,"date":"2023-08-03T02:02:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/5-questions-raised-by-the-trump-indictment\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T02:02:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:02:42","slug":"5-questions-raised-by-the-trump-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-questions-raised-by-the-trump-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"#5 questions raised by the Trump indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab67adbdcb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab67adbdcb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-questions-raised-by-the-trump-indictment\/#Can_prosecutors_prove_Trump_knew_his_claims_were_false\" >Can prosecutors prove Trump knew his claims were false?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-questions-raised-by-the-trump-indictment\/#Why_was_Trump_not_charged_with_aiding_or_inciting_an_insurrection\" >Why was Trump not charged with aiding or inciting an insurrection?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-questions-raised-by-the-trump-indictment\/#Who_is_%E2%80%98Co-Conspirator_6\" >Who is \u2018Co-Conspirator 6\u2019?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-questions-raised-by-the-trump-indictment\/#How_big_a_fundraising_boost_will_Trump_get\" >How big a fundraising boost will Trump get?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-questions-raised-by-the-trump-indictment\/#When_will_a_trial_take_place\" >When will a trial take place?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Trump is expected to be arraigned for the third time Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump faces four charges in Washington pertaining to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He denies wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But even amid the detail in the 45-page indictment made public on Tuesday, there are a number of questions still unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the major ones.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_prosecutors_prove_Trump_knew_his_claims_were_false\"><\/span>Can prosecutors prove Trump knew his claims were false?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This question is the key to the case.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment alleges on its first page that Trump made claims about election fraud \u201cthat were false, and the Defendant knew that they were false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump still contends the election was stolen, however. Although this is factually untrue, it sets a predicate for Trump\u2019s broader argument that his efforts to overturn the result were a good-faith effort to right a wrong.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyers and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> allies have been putting forward a similar idea since the indictment was released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s being indicted for objecting to the way that the 2020 election was carried out,\u201d Trump lawyer John Lauro told Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>But there are two sides to that story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n        Read the Trump indictment<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The indictment makes clear that false claims in and of themselves would not be criminal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Rather, the alleged criminal acts involve using those false claims to\u00a0pressure\u00a0everyone from state officials to the Department of Justice to then-Vice President Mike Pence to try to stop the election results\u00a0from\u00a0being certified.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors also note how many people told Trump his claims were false, only for him to continue to assert their veracity in public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump was told various claims were false by Pence, senior members of the Department of Justice, senior members of his campaign team and state-level officials who had been firm supporters of his reelection effort \u2014 among others.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Ty Cobb, who was special counsel to the Trump White House during the Mueller investigation, noted another problem with centering a legal defense on the idea Trump was acting in good faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is only one person who can testify to that, and is he going to take the stand? No!\u201d Cobb said, referring to Trump.\u00a0\u201cTo be asked, \u2018Were you lying when you said this?\u2019 followed by four thousand TV clips?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_was_Trump_not_charged_with_aiding_or_inciting_an_insurrection\"><\/span>Why was Trump not charged with aiding or inciting an insurrection?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The House Select Committee\u00a0investigating\u00a0Jan. 6, 2021,\u00a0made referrals \u2014 in essence, recommendations of prosecution\u00a0\u2014 on four charges against Trump, including aiding an insurrection.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But\u00a0special\u00a0counsel Jack Smith did not seek a conviction on that charge.<\/p>\n<p>There are two likely reasons, according to legal experts:\u00a0uncertainty as to whether a conviction could be secured on such a charge, and the more practical issue of whether it would prolong the whole legal process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think there was sufficient evidence to indict him for inciting an insurrection,\u201d said Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor. \u201cHowever there are challenges that would \u2026 have slowed down the case \u2014 and potentially derailed the prosecution. So [Smith] made a tactical decision not to pursue that charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Cobb, the former Trump White House lawyer, added:\u00a0\u201cThe proof is simply not there for incitement and sedition, or seditious conspiracy, for him. There are legitimate First Amendment arguments against an incitement charge against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not as if the charges Trump faces are minor. The two most serious, both pertaining to obstructing an official proceeding, each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_%E2%80%98Co-Conspirator_6\"><\/span>Who is \u2018Co-Conspirator 6\u2019?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This is one of the most intriguing questions from the indictment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Prosecutors referenced six unnamed alleged co-conspirators with Trump, and five of them were speedily identified. They\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, lawyers John Eastman and Sidney Powell, former Department of Justice\u00a0official Jeffrey Clark and another lawyer, Kenneth Chesebro.<\/p>\n<p>A deeper mystery surrounds the identity of \u201cCo-conspirator 6,\u201d in part because of how broadly he or she is described.<\/p>\n<p>The person in question is, according to prosecutors, \u201ca political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There has, of course, been avid speculation on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times noted some of the details elsewhere in the indictment appeared to fit longtime Trump ally Boris Epshteyn. But the paper emphasized this was not definitive, and a lawyer for Epshteyn had declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>A definitive answer could come if the co-conspirators are themselves indicted but, despite rumors to that effect on Wednesday afternoon, this does not appear to have happened so far.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1400\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?w=900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4134535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=645,363 645w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=512,288 512w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=876,492 876w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/courthouseprettyman_080223tc03-1.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A man stands before the federal courthouse in Washington on Wednesday, where former President Trump is expected to be arraigned Thursday.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_big_a_fundraising_boost_will_Trump_get\"><\/span>How big a fundraising boost will Trump get?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Supporters of the former president have been moved to open their wallets for him during his previous indictments.<\/p>\n<p>But, as Politico first noted on Tuesday, Trump appears to have raised less money in the immediate aftermath of his second indictment than his first.<\/p>\n<p>Citing data from conservative online fundraising platform WinRed, the outlet noted Trump raised almost $4 million on the day he pleaded not guilty in the first case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) and alleging falsification of business records.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, his June 13 arraignment in Miami regarding the Mar-a-Lago documents case produced a haul of $1.3 million on WinRed.<\/p>\n<p>Will the latest indictment produce a higher spike or will the slide continue?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_will_a_trial_take_place\"><\/span>When will a trial take place?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This is anybody\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District\u00a0Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has been assigned the case, has a reputation for a no-nonsense approach and a desire to move through the process promptly.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump has a clear motivation to stall. If he were to win the presidency back in 2024, before a verdict was reached or appeals were exhausted, he could simply order the Department of Justice to abandon its prosecution of him.<\/p>\n<p>Doing so would cause a massive storm, but Trump has weathered those before.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Litman, a former deputy assistant attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, said he believed a trial was \u201clikely\u201d to take place before the 2024 election, noting Smith seems to be making decisions motivated in part by finding \u201cthe fastest possible time to trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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