| A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. has re-indicted Donald Trump on four felony charges related to his effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election. The 36-page indictment, secured Tuesday by special counsel Jack Smith, is an attempt by prosecutors to recalibrate the case against Trump in light of the Supreme Court's ruling last month that concluded presidents enjoy sweeping immunity from prosecution for their official conduct. The new indictment removes some specific allegations against Trump but contains the same four criminal charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. It's a signal that Smith believes the high court's immunity decision doesn't pose a major impediment to convicting the former president.
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