Here is a closer look at the charges.
One of the charges, a conspiracy to violate rights, is Section 241 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
A conviction on this charge is punishable by up to five years in prison.
But in a series of cases in the 20th century, the Supreme Court upheld expanding use of the statute to election-fraud conspiracies, like ballot-box stuffing.
In invoking the statute, the indictment frames it as “a conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one’s vote counted.” Essentially, Mr. Smith has accused Mr. Trump of trying to rig the outcome of the election to falsely claim victory.
Persons:
Donald J, Trump, Smith
Organizations:
United, Ku Klux Klan
Locations:
United States