New indictment filed against Trump in case of trying to change the result of the 2020 election

US prosecutors on Tuesday obtained a new indictment against Donald Trump in a case involving his alleged attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

This came on the heels of a US Supreme Court ruling that former presidents enjoy broad immunity from criminal prosecution.

US Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team obtained a new indictment in the Washington case.

The revised indictment includes the same four charges that were brought against the former Republican president last year, with a focus on Trump’s status as a political candidate seeking re-election, rather than the president he was at the time.

The Supreme Court ruled on July 1 that Trump couldn’t be sued for actions that were within his constitutional authority as president.

The new indictment dropped allegations that Trump sought to pressure the Justice Department in his attempt to overturn his election defeat, an apparent attempt to keep the case alive after the Supreme Court found that Trump couldn’t be prosecuted for that conduct.

The new indictment, like the first, accuses Trump of a multi-part conspiracy to prevent certification of his election defeat to Democratic President Joe Biden.

Trump is once again seeking the presidency as the Republican Party’s candidate, this time in a race against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, as the election is scheduled for November 5 this year.

A Justice Department spokesman said the case had been presented to a new grand jury, which did not hear evidence from the original case.

The new version of the indictment relies on significant testimony and evidence from witnesses largely outside the federal government, such as former Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, who the indictment says was pressured by Trump to hold a hearing based on false allegations of election fraud.