Smith’s superseding indictment still contains four charges against the former president and was revised to address the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.
Special counsel Jack Smith filed an updated indictment against former President Donald Trump in Washington on Aug. 27 following the Supreme Court’s ruling that he enjoyed some presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.
“Today, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment, charging the defendant with the same criminal offenses that were charged in the original indictment,” an Aug. 27 filing from the special counsel’s office reads.
“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 Court’s holdings and remand instructions in Trump v. United States.”
The new indictment narrows the allegations against the former president by removing allegations involving his interactions with the Justice Department.
It no longer lists as a co-conspirator former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark.
Trump’s alleged co-conspirators were not named in either indictment, but they have been identified through public records and other means.
