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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Ex-president Trump faces new US indictment in 2020 election subversion case
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks on crime and safety during a campaign event at the Livingston County Sheriff's Office, August 20, 2024, in Howell, Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
US prosecutors obtained a new indictment in the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump today, following a US Supreme Court ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution.
The new indictment dropped allegations that Trump sought to pressure the US Justice Department in his bid to overturn his election defeat, an apparent effort to keep the prosecution alive after the high court found that Trump could not be prosecuted for that conduct.
