{"id":75242,"date":"2023-08-02T15:44:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T19:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242"},"modified":"2023-08-02T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T19:44:08","slug":"trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242","title":{"rendered":"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:02:33 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ted-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Cruz<\/a>, R-Texas, said Wednesday that former President Trump&#8217;s indictment was an attempt by Democrats to boost their chances in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not subtle, and it&#8217;s\u00a0not complicated. This is straight out election interference by the Biden Department of Justice,&#8221; Cruz said on the Wednesday episode of his podcast, &#8220;Verdict with Ted Cruz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy biggest sentiment was that it was thoroughly underwhelming. There&#8217;s\u00a0very little\u00a0there\u00a0there,&#8221; he said about contents of the indictment itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a political indictment, brought by a political prosecutor, working for a political attorney general working for a political president, who does not want to risk losing to Donald Trump in November of 2024,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:06:41 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[Video ID]<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to defang federal agencies like the Justice Department after Special Counsel Jack Smith handed down a third indictment against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis made the comments<\/a> during a Wednesday interview with Fox News host Harris Faulkner, saying Trump&#8217;s indictment was evidence that agencies are heavily biased against Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the reasons I&#8217;m running for president, Harris, is to reconstitutionalize the federal government,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;These agencies that have become weaponized, the FBI, the DOJ, against political opponents&#8211;that&#8217;s a result of them not being held constitutionally accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reality is a D.C. jury would indict a ham sandwich and convict a ham sandwich if it was a Republcian ham sandwich,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I think Republicans need to be able to remove cases out of D.C. I think the juries are stacked; I think they&#8217;re gonna want to convict people they disagree with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:30:29 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie says former President Donald Trump &#8220;violated his oath&#8221; to the U.S. Constitution with his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Christie made the statement Tuesday night on Twitter, condemning Trump&#8217;s actions following the 2020 election night as a &#8220;disgrace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The events around the White House from election night forward are a stain on our country\u2019s history &amp; a disgrace to the people who participated. This disgrace falls the most on Donald Trump. He swore an oath to the Constitution, violated his oath &amp; brought shame to his presidency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Christie is one of several Republicans who have blasted Trump in the wake of Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s indictment against him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pence-comes-swinging-trump-january-6-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more from Fox News&#8217; Brandon Gillespie.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:09:37 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump lashed out once again against the third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pence-comes-swinging-trump-january-6-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indictment leveled agaisnt him<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Trump took to social media to thank his supporters for rallying to his defense, and he went on to argue that the indictment reveals to the world that &#8220;corruption, scandal and failure&#8221; has riddled the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!! I HAVE NEVER HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT ON ANYTHING BEFORE. THIS UNPRECEDENTED INDICTMENT OF A FORMER (HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL!) PRESIDENT, &amp; THE LEADING CANDIDATE, BY FAR, IN BOTH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, HAS AWOKEN THE WORLD TO THE CORRUPTION, SCANDAL, &amp; FAILURE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;AMERICA IS A NATION IN DECLINE, BUT WE WILL MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN, GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 07:25:53 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Leftists across social media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/latest-trump-indictment-draws-cheers-leftists-social-media-popping-champagne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrated the third indictment<\/a> leveled against former President Donald Trump this week, with many marking the date &#8220;Trump indictment day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happy #TrumpIndictment Day! Waiting for Jack Smith to drop in for victory drinks. I\u2019ve already started popping the champagne,&#8221; former MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance cheered with a photo of himself celebrating with a drink in a restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happy 3rd Indictment Day to all who celebrate! #TrumpIndictment,&#8221; YouTuber Sarah O\u2019Connell tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Amp Strategies CEO Cliff Schecter wrote, &#8220;Ok said this was the one thing that would get me to break my\u00a0Tweetless Tuesday. Happy pending indictment 112th Trump indictment\u00a0everyone!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/latest-trump-indictment-draws-cheers-leftists-social-media-popping-champagne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more from Fox News&#8217; Lindsay Kornick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 07:25:02 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-react-shameful-indictment-trump-outrageous-abuse-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans on Capitol Hill<\/a> are rallying in defense of former President Donald Trump after Special Counsel Jack Smith hit him with a third indictment this week.<\/p>\n<p>House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik of New York told Fox News Digital that Smith&#8217;s indictment against Trump marks &#8220;yet another dark day in America as Joe Biden continues to weaponize his corrupt Department of Justice against his leading political opponent Donald J. Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Less than 24 hours ago, Congress heard testimony from\u00a0Hunter Biden\u2019s longtime business partner\u00a0that Joe Biden joined Hunter\u2019s business calls over 20 times,&#8221; Stefanik said. &#8220;This directly contradicts Biden\u2019s lie that he never discussed business with his son.<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans defending Trump include Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia; Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee; Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma; Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas; Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, and several others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-react-shameful-indictment-trump-outrageous-abuse-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more from Fox News&#8217; Houston Keene and Elizabeth Elkind.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 21:31:53 EDT<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President\u00a0Mike Pence\u00a0didn&#8217;t parse words when reacting to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s indictment by Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released following\u00a0Trump&#8217;s indictment\u00a0on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Pence accused Trump of putting himself over the Constitution, and said a Trump candidacy would serve as a distraction from President Biden&#8217;s &#8220;disastrous&#8221; record.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today&#8217;s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States,&#8221; Pence said. &#8220;I will have more to say about the government\u2019s case after reviewing the indictment.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The former president is entitled to the presumption of innocence but with this indictment, his candidacy means more talk about January 6th and more distractions. As Americans, his candidacy means less attention paid to Joe Biden&#8217;s disastrous economic policies afflicting millions across the United States and to the pattern of corruption with Hunter,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pence declared the country was &#8220;more important than one man,&#8221; and that\u00a0the Constitutionwas &#8220;more important than any one man\u2019s career.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On January 6th, former President Trump demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution. I chose the Constitution and I always will,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As your president, I will not yield an inch in defending America, our people, or our values, and I promise you: I will do so in a way consistent with my oath to the Constitution and the character and decency of the American people. We will restore a threshold of integrity and civility in public life so we can bring real solutions to the challenges plaguing our nation,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u00a0was indicted\u00a0on four federal charges out of the probe, including conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.<\/p>\n<p>This is the\u00a0second federal indictment\u00a0the former president faces out of Smith\u2019s investigation. Trump, who leads the 2024 GOP presidential primary field, has already pleaded not guilty to 37 counts related to his alleged improper retention of classified records from his presidency.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Brooke Singman, Brandon Gillespie, and Andrew Murray contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 21:00:42 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[Video ID]<\/p>\n<p>Former president Donald Trump\u2019s attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/indictment-of-donald-trump-terribly-tragic-day-shows-speech-now-criminalized-attorney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slammed special counsel Jack Smith<\/a> Tuesday for\u00a0indicting his client\u00a0in the January 6 probe, saying it\u2019s a &#8220;terribly tragic day.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John Lauro said the 45-page indictment shows that political speech has been &#8220;criminalized.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joe Biden&#8217;s running against Donald Trump and losing currently. And now we have [the] Justice Department indicting President Trump for actions that he took as the executive, as the chief executive of the United States with respect to public policy matters,&#8221; he explained on &#8220;Special Report.&#8221; &#8220;So now we have the criminalization and the weaponization of public policy and political speech by one political party over another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:45:10 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[Video ID]<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s latest four-count indictment relating to the 2020 election&#8217;s aftermath will not come close to fulfilling Democrats&#8217; dreams of prohibiting the Republican front-runner from attaining high office again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-indictment-wont-fulfill-democrats-ineligibility-bedtime-story-smith-stretched-law-legal-experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a top law professor<\/a>\u00a0told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley&#8217;s analysis was essentially seconded by another legal expert, former New York federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy, who noted he had himself successfully prosecuted a &#8220;seditious conspiracy&#8221; case and said the\u00a0Trump investigation\u00a0gets nowhere close to that threshold.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News correspondent David Spunt reported on &#8220;The Five&#8221; that Trump had been indicted on four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.<\/p>\n<p>Turley told &#8220;The Five&#8221; that\u00a0special counsel Jack Smith\u00a0might be &#8220;yielding to his weakness&#8221; with the indictment.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Charles Creitz contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:29:58 EDT<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dc-judge-assigned-trump-jan-6-case-labeled-toughest-punisher-capitol-riot-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal judge<\/a> in Washington, D.C. assigned to preside over the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for charges related to the Capitol riot is notorious for issuing tougher sentences to other Jan. 6 defendants than what the Justice Department requested, and put every one of them behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District\u00a0Judge Tanya Chutkan\u00a0was assigned to oversee the case involving Trump, who on Tuesday was indicted on four federal charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.<\/p>\n<p>Chutkan, a former assistant public defender before her appointment by President Barack Obama, has handled several cases involving individuals who entered the Capitol on January 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Brianna Herlihy contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:01:43 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-democrat-lawmakers-say-trump-jan-6-indictment-most-serious-most-consequential\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat lawmakers<\/a> called the latest indictment of former President Donald Trump resulting from Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s probe into the Capitol riot &#8220;the most serious and most consequential thus far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump was indicted on four federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader\u00a0Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Democratic Leader\u00a0Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. issued a joint statement Tuesday evening, saying the indictment details &#8220;a months-long criminal plot led by the former president to defy democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The insurrection on January 6, 2021 was one of the saddest and most infamous days in American history, personally orchestrated by Donald Trump and fueled by his insidious Big Lie in an attempt to undermine the 2020 election,&#8221; the lawmakers stated.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Brianna Herlihy contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:52:14 EDT<\/p>\n<p>Read the full text of Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s indictment of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Trump-indictment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was indicted Tuesday on charges related to the probe into the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:32:11 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s\u00a0rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trumps-2024-gop-rivals-weigh-former-presidents-january-6-probe-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are weighing in<\/a> on Tuesday&#8217;s blockbuster announcement that the former president&#8217;s been indicted in the probe into the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>One of the first to release a statement was former CIA spy and former Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, a long-shot for the nomination and a very vocal GOP Trump critic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me be crystal clear: Trump&#8217;s presidential bid is driven by an attempt to stay out of prison and scam his supporters into footing his legal bills. Furthermore, his denial of the 2020 election results and actions on Jan. 6 show he&#8217;s unfit for office,&#8221; Hurd charged.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Paul Steinhauser and Andrew Murray contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:15:11 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/desantis-calls-law-enforcement-reforms-trump-january-6-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> of Florida called for law enforcement reform after his opponent, former\u00a0President Trump, was indicted late Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>After the announcement, DeSantis announced that he would &#8220;end the weaponization of government&#8221; and push for law enforcement reforms if elected to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As President, I will end the weaponization of government, replace the FBI Director, and ensure a single standard of justice for all Americans,&#8221; DeSantis tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I\u2019ve seen reports, I have not read the indictment. I do, though, believe we need to enact reforms so that Americans have the right to remove cases from Washington, DC to their home districts,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Washington, DC is a \u2018swamp\u2019 and it is unfair to have to stand trial before a jury that is reflective of the swamp mentality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Houston Keene contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:00:47 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[Video ID]<\/p>\n<p>Special Counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ex-virginia-gov-who-saw-conviction-by-jack-smith-thrown-out-says-hed-rather-win-than-get-it-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Smith<\/a> held a press conference following his Tuesday indictment of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was charged with four counts out of Smith&#8217;s investigation into Jan. 6 and 2020 election interference.<\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:46:09 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Special Counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/special-counsel-jack-smith-jan-6-fueled-lies-trump-praises-heroes-defended-capitol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Smith<\/a> said Tuesday that the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot was &#8220;fueled by lies&#8221; from former President Donald Trump, who he\u00a0charged\u00a0today with &#8220;conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith made a public statement shortly after the\u00a0federal indictment\u00a0against Trump was unsealed Tuesday afternoon, and encouraged &#8220;everyone to read it in full.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The attack on our nation&#8217;s Capitol on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,&#8221; Smith said Tuesday. &#8220;Described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies \u2014 lies by the defendant \u2014 targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government: the nation&#8217;s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith added, though, that the indictment &#8220;is only an allegation and that the defendant must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Brooke Singman contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:38:12 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[Video ID]<\/p>\n<p>The co-hosts of Fox News&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/the-five\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Five&#8221;<\/a> weigh in on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s reaction to his indictment in Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s January 6 probe.<\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:16:36 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/r\/vivek-ramaswamy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> slammed the Tuesday indictment of former President Donald Trump as &#8220;un-American&#8221; and reiterated his promise to pardon the former president should he win the White House next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe corrupt federal police just won\u2019t stop until they\u2019ve achieved their mission: eliminate Trump. This is un-American &amp; I commit to pardoning Trump for this indictment,&#8221; Ramswamy said following the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Donald Trump isn\u2019t responsible for what happened on Jan 6. The real cause was systematic &amp; pervasive censorship of citizens in the year leading up to it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you tell people they can\u2019t speak, that\u2019s when they scream. If you tell people they can\u2019t scream, that\u2019s when they tear things down. If we fail to admit the truth, Jan 6 will just be a preview of far worse to come &amp; I don\u2019t want to see us get there,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:22:30 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-expects-indictment-special-counsel-jack-smiths-jan-6-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on Truth Social<\/a> ahead of his Tuesday indictment, blasting Special Counsel Jack Smith as &#8220;deranged&#8221; and claiming the action was meant to &#8220;interfere&#8221; with the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hear that Deranged Jack Smith, in order to interfere with the Presidential Election of 2024, will be putting out yet another Fake Indictment of your favorite President, me, at 5:00 P.M.&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;Why didn\u2019t they do this 2.5 years ago? Why did they wait so long?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Because they wanted to put it right in the middle of my campaign. Prosecutorial Misconduct!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Brooke Singman contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:19:57 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[image]<\/p>\n<p>GOP presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republican-rival-chris-christie-tells-trump-sell-trump-tower-help-cover-reported-40m-legal-lees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Christie<\/a> told\u00a0former President Trump\u00a0to &#8220;sell Trump Tower&#8221; to offset some of his legal fees rather than dip into campaign funds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact is when you look at just his campaign filing yesterday\u2026 most of the money that middle class Americans have given to him, he spent on his own legal fees. I mean this guy\u2019s a billionaire, and how about go down the street \u2013 maybe just sells Trump Tower and pay for his legal fees that way,&#8221; Christie said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Or maybe sell the plane, he could do that, or one of the golf courses. But instead, he\u2019s taking $25, $50, $100 from everyday Americans who believe they\u2019re giving it to him to help elect him president, and he\u2019s paying his legal fees. And one of the most astonishing ones yesterday was $108,000 for Melania\u2019s stylist, and they called that political strategy consulting,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:22:06 EDT<\/p>\n<p>The Tuesday indictment against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> on charges stemming from Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot includes six unnamed co-conspirators.<\/p>\n<p>Those co-conspirators, the indictment says on pages three and four, include four attorneys, one Justice Department official and one political consultant.<\/p>\n<p>According to the indictment, Trump &#8220;did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate and agree with co-conspirators, known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to defraud the United States by using dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to impair, obstruct, and defeat the lawful federal government function by which the results of the presidential election are collected, counted, and certified by the federal government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:22:43 EDT<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet URL]<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/jim-jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Jordan<\/a>, R-Ohio, reacted to former President Trump&#8217;s Tuesday indictment by saying the Washington, D.C. &#8220;swamp&#8221; was fighting back against GOP efforts to tame it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you drain The Swamp, The Swamp fights back. President Trump did nothing wrong!&#8221; Jordan tweeted once news of the indictment broke.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary committee, is currently leading his own probe into the DOJ investigation of Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:39:17 EDT<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIRST ON FOX:\u00a0<\/strong>Former President\u00a0Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-indicted-special-counsel-probe-jan-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was indicted<\/a> Tuesday on charges stemming from Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s investigation into the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, Fox News Digital has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the\u00a0second federal indictment\u00a0the former president faces out of Smith\u2019s investigation. Trump, who leads the 2024 GOP presidential primary field, has already pleaded not guilty to 37 counts related to his alleged improper retention of classified records from his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Those charges include willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and false statements. Trump was charged with an additional three counts as part of a superseding indictment out of that probe last week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Brooke Singman contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-indicted-charges-stemming-january-6-investigation\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-indicted-charges-stemming-january-6-investigation <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:02:33 EDT [image] Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Wednesday that former President Trump&#8217;s indictment was an attempt by Democrats to boost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-75242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:02:33 EDT [image] Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Wednesday that former President Trump&#8217;s indictment was an attempt by Democrats to boost [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-02T19:44:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"15 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-02T19:44:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242\"},\"wordCount\":3070,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242\",\"name\":\"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-02T19:44:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation - Wall Street PR","og_description":"Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:02:33 EDT [image] Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Wednesday that former President Trump&#8217;s indictment was an attempt by Democrats to boost [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2023-08-02T19:44:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"15 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation","datePublished":"2023-08-02T19:44:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242"},"wordCount":3070,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242","name":"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-08-02T19:44:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-indicted-on-charges-stemming-from-jan-6-investigation-75242#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump indicted on charges stemming from Jan 6 investigation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75242"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=75242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}