Boris Epshteyn, one of Mr. Trump’s top legal strategists, was also among those indicted, a complication for Mr. Trump’s defense in the criminal trial that began this week in Manhattan over hush money payments made to a porn star, Stormy Daniels.
The indictment includes conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges, related to alleged attempts by the defendants to change the 2020 election results.
Arizona is the fourth swing state to bring an elections case involving the activities of the Trump campaign in 2020, but only the second after Georgia to go beyond the fake electors whom the campaign deployed in swing states lost by Mr. Trump.
The former president was also named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Arizona case.
“But as I have stated before and will say here again today, I will not allow American democracy to be undermined.
It’s too important.” Mr. Giuliani is Mr. Trump’s former personal lawyer; Mr. Meadows was the White House chief of staff at the time of the 2020 election.
They were among a number of defendants whose names were redacted from the indictment, though it was clear from the context and the descriptions who they were.
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W. Rudolph. Giuliani, Mark Meadows and several others who provided advice to Donald J. Along with all of the fictitious electors who supported Mr. Trump in Arizona during the 2020 election in an effort to keep him in office despite his defeat there, Trump was charged there on Wednesday.
Adding to the complexity for Mr. Trump’s defense in the criminal trial that started this week in Manhattan over payments of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels is the fact that one of his top legal advisors, Boris Epshteyn, was also one of the indicted.
Related to the defendants’ alleged attempts to tamper with the 2020 election results, the indictment contains conspiracy, fraud, and forgery charges. Arizona is the fourth swing state in which an election case pertaining to the Trump campaign’s 2020 activities has been brought; however, it is only the second state, after Georgia, to go beyond the phony electors that the campaign used in swing states that Mr. Trump lost.
In the Arizona case, the former president was identified as an additional unindicted co-conspirator.
During a recorded statement, Arizona’s Democratic attorney general Kris Mayes said, “I know I’ll be criticized by others for conducting this investigation at all, and I understand for some of you today didn’t come fast enough.”. However, as I’ve said before and will reiterate here today, I won’t stand by while American democracy is threatened. Too much depends on it. “.
Mr. Giuliani served as Mr. Trump’s personal attorney prior to the 2020 election, and Mr. Meadows was the chief of staff in the White House. They were among several defendants whose identities were obscured in the indictment, despite their identities being obvious from the context and the descriptions. The former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, was referred to in the passage as “the mayor,” among other things. “.
In certain passages, the indictment made reference to the “defendants’ attempts to declare Unindicted Coconspirator 1 and Pence the winners of the 2020 Presidential Election” rather than specifically mentioning Mr. Trump. “.
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