Timeline
Caught on Camera
The search warrant authorizing the search of Trump's residence lists video evidence that his indicted valet moved boxes in order to hide classified documents from Trump's own attorney and the FBI.
As the evidence mounts on Trump's efforts to obstruct justice and his refusal to turn over federal documents, the special prosecutor has been targeting Trump's lawyers Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and John Eastman for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. It has also been recently revealed that Trump's senior advisor Mike Roman and former lawyer Rudy Giuliani are cooperating with federal prosecutors.
Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
A federal judge stated that Trump's emails are evidence of a crime, and that Trump led a “knowing misrepresentation of voter fraud numbers in Georgia when seeking to overturn the election results in federal court.”
District Court Judge Carter ordered the public release of incriminating emails that show Trump knowingly lied about voter fraud in legal court filings. “President Trump knew that the specific numbers of voter fraud were wrong but continued to tout those numbers, both in court and to the public,” Carter wrote. “The Court finds that these emails are sufficiently related to and in furtherance of a conspiracy to defraud the United States.”
A House Divided
As the Jan 6 Committee's investigation ramps up, and fellow House Members are being called for interviews, Trump allies are continuing to refuse to cooperate, with some filing law suits against the Committee.
Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the first sitting House Member called by the Jan 6 Committee, has declined to be interviewed by an "illegitimate" panel. In addition, Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser, and Alex Jones, the InfoWars broadcaster, have filed suits against the Committee in order to block subpoenas against them; many top Trump aides and lawyers are also pleading the Fifth, including John Eastman, Roger Stone, and Jeffrey Clark. Meanwhile, Trump announced a Jan 6 anniversary news conference at his resort in Palm Beach.