• An Emerson College survey of Washington, D.C., residents conducted between August 29 and September 2 found that 64 percent of respondents would find the former president guilty of purportedly trying to subvert the election results, while 28 percent would find him not guilty and 8 percent remain unsure.
• Special Counsel Jack Smith helmed the federal investigation that led to the third of Trump’s total four indictments, alleging within the indictment that Trump and his allies “attempted to exploit the violence and chaos at the Capitol by calling lawmakers to convince them…to delay the certification” of the 2020 election.
• Trump faces four counts in that case, including conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.

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