Trump’s efforts to rewrite the election results have been singled out by a grand jury.

Special Counsel Jack Smith has re-filed a major lawsuit over Donald Trump’s efforts to rewrite the 2020 presidential election. The special prosecutor had to rework the text of the case after the Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s partial immunity.

As the American media say, it is now very unlikely that the trial in this case will begin before the new presidential elections on November 5.

Two months ago, the US Supreme Court ruled that Trump is immune from prosecution for actions taken officially as president, but is not immune from prosecution for unofficial actions.

The new text of the indictment retained the four counts on which Trump is accused, but the wording was changed so that the text would satisfy the requirement of the Supreme Court.

The special counsel charges Trump with conspiracy to defraud the government, conspiracy to obstruct official proceedings, attempting to obstruct official business and conspiracy to violate civil rights.

Trump denies all allegations, and continues to claim without evidence that the results of the 2020 election were manipulated.

Responding to the special counsel’s new lawsuit, Trump wrote on his social network Truth Social that he believes this step is an attempt to restart the witch hunt and distract the American people from the elections.

A person close to Trump’s legal team told US television network CBS that the filing of the new case was not a surprise to them.

“It was expected that the authorities would do this, based on what the High Court did. This doesn’t change our position: Smith’s case is unbelievable and should be dismissed,” the CBS source said.

The indictment in the new issue has been “thinned” from 45 to 36 pages.

For example, the clause that Trump tried to pressure Justice Department officials to lose the election was turned away from him. According to the Supreme Court, President Trump’s orders to the employees of the Department should not be considered illegal.

“The defendant had no official duties in relation to the certification proceedings, but he had a stake, as a candidate, in being declared the winner of the election,” the document says.

The new version also does not include charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who, according to prosecutors, played a key role in the so-called name-calling. “tools with fake voters.”

We are talking about the effort of Trump and his team to persuade the legislatures of seven states, where Republicans had majorities, to appoint Republican voters, against the results of the election, or not to appoint them. appointment at all.

The fake certificates containing Republican voters were then sent to the US Senate. If their votes were counted instead of the votes of legitimate Democratic voters, that would stop Joe Biden’s victory.

Jeffrey Clark was not mentioned by name in the first draft of the indictment, but the media named him.

In the new text, the special counsel argues that when Trump tried to influence the process of verifying election results in individual states, he did so as a private citizen, not as president

The document also contained such an important point as the statement that Trump tried to convince Vice President Mike Pence to interfere with the election results and Biden’s victory.

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, in ruling on Trump’s partial immunity, noted that any conversations between Trump and Pence – the president and vice president – should be be classified as official acts.

US constitutional law expert Daniel Charles Richman told the BBC that a new application would not necessarily speed up the case, and that the trial was unlikely to start before the November election.

Professor Richman notes that the fact that Special Counsel Smith submitted a new version of the indictment shows that Smith interpreted the Supreme Court’s decision in a sign that the lawsuit against Trump could still go ahead.

An anonymous CBS source close to Trump’s legal team said they will ask the judge to give them more time to prepare, which could further delay the start of the trial.

In the United States, many people believe that if Donald Trump wins the election against Kamala Harris, he will order the Department of Justice to withdraw all federal lawsuits against him.