Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for the third time in the midst of the 2024 presidential campaign. Here's what we know.
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What started off as an unprecedented moment in America's history at the beginning of the year has now become routine.
For the third time during the 2024 presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump has been formally accused of a crime. And in each case, the latest indictment has been more troubling than the last.
In the latest case, federal prosecutors are accusing the Republican front-runner of undermining American democracy by organizing a wide-ranging conspiracy to steal the 2020 election that prosecutors say fueled a brazen and historic insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
"The attack on our nation's Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy," Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who led the investigation, said at news conference late Tuesday.
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