The Charges Against Trump for Conspiring to Overturn the Election

<p>On Tuesday afternoon, the special counsel Jack Smith filed criminal charges against former President Donald Trump over his wide-ranging attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.</p><p>Luke Broadwater, a congressional reporter for The Times, talks us through the indictment and the evidence it lays out that Trump participated in an illegal conspiracy to remain in power.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/luke-broadwater?smid=pc-thedaily">Luke Broadwater</a>, a congressional reporter for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The New York Times’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/01/us/trump-indictment-jan-6"> live coverage of the indictment</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/01/us/trump-indictment-jan-6#trump-jan-6-indictment-takeaways">Four takeaways</a> from the indictment.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>