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This list consists of American politicians convicted of crimes either committed or prosecuted while holding office in the federal government.It includes politicians who were convicted or pleaded guilty in a court of law; and does not include politicians involved in unprosecuted scandals (which may or may not have been illegal in nature), or politicians who have only been arrested or indicted.
An indictment (/ ɪ n ˈ d aɪ t m ən t / [1] in-DYTE-mənt) is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.In jurisdictions that use the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offense is a felony; jurisdictions that do not use that concept often use that of an indictable offence, an offence that requires an indictment.
United States of America v. Donald J. Trump, Waltine Nauta, and Carlos De Oliveira was a federal criminal case against Donald Trump , the 45th president of the United States ; Walt Nauta , his personal aide and valet ; and Mar-a-Lago maintenance chief Carlos De Oliveira .
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Trump was indicted in August 2023 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in a federal indictment related to attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump faces four criminal charges of conspiring to defraud the government and disenfranchise voters, and corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. [23]
Trump’s GOP rivals are using the moment to divulge more than ever about their views on the powers of the presidency and the courts.
“The superseding indictment, which was presented to a new grand jury that had not previously heard evidence in this case, reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme ...
United States (1991). The Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), [ 1 ] the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, [ 2 ] the Travel Act (enacted 1961), [ 3 ] the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) (enacted 1970), [ 4 ] and the federal program bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 666 ...