Former President Donald Trump was indicted by the Department of Justice on Tuesday for his involvement in a plot to steal the 2020 election. The indictment lists six co-conspirators who assisted Trump in his efforts. Here are the identities of these individuals:
Co-Conspirator 1: Rudy Giuliani
– Description: An attorney who spread knowingly false claims and pursued strategies that Trump’s campaign attorneys would not.
– Additional information: Trump selected Rudy Giuliani on Nov. 14, 2020, to lead his efforts in challenging the election results. Giuliani also pressured Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers on Nov. 22, 2020, and met with him on Dec. 1, 2020.
Co-Conspirator 2: John Eastman
– Description: An attorney who devised a strategy to obstruct the certification of the presidential election by leveraging the Vice President’s role.
– Additional information: John Eastman pressured Rusty Bowers on Jan. 4, 2021, to decertify Arizona’s election results.
Co-Conspirator 3: Sidney Powell
– Description: An attorney whose claims of election fraud were acknowledged by Trump as “crazy” but still embraced and amplified by him.
– Additional information: Sidney Powell filed a lawsuit challenging election fraud in Georgia based on falsehoods about voting machines.
Co-Conspirator 4: Jeffrey Clark
– Description: A Justice Department official who attempted to use the department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures.
– Additional information: Jeffrey Clark, as acting head of DOJ’s civil division, tried to have himself installed as acting attorney general. However, the senior leadership of the Justice Department threatened to resign, preventing his appointment.
Co-Conspirator 5: Kenneth Chesebro
– Description: An attorney who assisted in a plan to submit fraudulent slates of electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.
– Additional information: Kenneth Chesebro communicated with an Arizona attorney regarding the plot to submit fake electors. He also authored a memo providing instructions on how to mimic legitimate electors in several states.
Co-Conspirator 6: Unclear
– Description: A political consultant who helped implement the fraudulent elector plan.
– Additional information: Giuliani spoke with Co-Conspirator 6 regarding attorneys who could assist in the fraudulent elector effort. This individual provided a list of attorneys, and later on Dec. 13, participated in a phone call with Giuliani and a Trump Campaign advisor to discuss the fake elector plot.
Note: The identity of Co-Conspirator 6 is not immediately clear from the indictment.