Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani named 'Partner 1' Photo: BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP
Six people are accused of colluding with Donald Trump to illegally overturn the 2020 election results and legal analysts say they will be pressured to «roll over» on the former President.
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The indictment alleges that «accomplices» were recruited to «assist him [Mr. Trump] in his criminal attempts» to stay in power.
Their names are not mentioned in the indictment. since they were not charged, but the five were widely known by the American media.
All identified persons previously denied any wrongdoing.
The most famous person, who was called «Accomplice 1» , was Rudy Giuliani, a former mayor of New York and Mr. Trump's personal attorney, who unsuccessfully tried to fight post-election lawsuits.
This was alleged in the indictment that he «wanted to spread deliberately false allegations and pursue strategies that the defendant's lawyers did not pursue during the 2020 re-election campaign.»
Mr Giuliani angrily denied the allegations and criticized Jack Smith, a special counsel who was appointed by the Justice Department to bring charges against Mr. Trump.In his hawkish speech on television, Mr. Giuliani said: “The people who bring this are lying. They should be charged with conspiracy against human rights.
“You can't violate people's First Amendment rights [free speech], Smith. It doesn't matter who the hell you are or how sick you are with Trump Psychosis Syndrome.»
Mr. Giuliani recently volunteered to meet with prosecutors in Mr. Smith's office to answer their questions.
His attorney, Robert Costello, said: «Any claim that Mayor Giuliani is knowingly false statements is categorically denied.» worked closely with «accomplice 3», widely known as lawyer Sidney Powell. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
“Every statement made by Mayor Giuliani was true and expressed his beliefs. He believed there was evidence of electoral fraud, and I saw an affidavit to prove it.»
According to the indictment, Mr. Giuliani worked closely with «accomplice 3», widely known as lawyer Sidney Powell.< /p>
She played a leading role in promoting allegations of electoral fraud and was part of the judicial team that filed unsuccessful cases trying to overturn the results.
Other alleged accomplices are less known.
John Eastman is another alleged accomplice. Photo: JIM BOURG/REUTERS
John Eastman, a constitutional lawyer, represented Trump in a legal effort to overturn the vote in four states.
A former Chapman University law professor wrote a series of legal briefs suggesting that then-Vice President Mike Pence may have rejected electors from certain states in order to deprive Joe Biden of an Electoral College majority.
Jeffrey Clark, Justice Department official mid-career is reportedly «Accomplice 4».'Accomplice 4' They say it's Geoffrey Clark, a mid-level DOJ official. Credit: YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS
He is accused of pressuring senior officials to «open bogus investigations into election-related crimes» and «influence state legislatures with knowingly false election claims.» scam.»
Ken Chesebro, known as «Accomplice 5», is accused of drafting a series of memos that eventually turned into a «corruption plan» to block confirmation of Biden's victory.
'Accomplice 5'
The sixth alleged accomplice is described as a political consultant and has yet to be identified by the US media.
Ryan Goodman, NYU law professor, said: «There is a ton of pressure in this indictment on the accomplices so they change [if they haven't already]» and became witnesses against the former president.
Neil Katyal, a former acting solicitor general, said the ruling did not charge them showed prosecutors sought to simplify case and bring Trump to justice quickly.
This indicated they wanted to «make sure Donald Trump doesn't run out of time before the November 2024 election,» he said. said.
Other analysts said the inclusion of the first five alleged accomplices, all of whom were lawyers, would prevent Trump from defending himself, saying he acted on the advice of his legal team.
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