Resolves YES if new criminal charges are brought against former president of the United States Donald J. Trump in July 2023 (ET), other than the additional charges in the classified documents case announced on July 27 (https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/politics/read-trump-indictment-classified-documents/index.html). Otherwise NO.

• Criminal charges include grand jury indictment or other charges.

• For grand jury indictments, this question uses the date when the grand jury votes to indict.

  • There may be some time between when this vote happens and when the indictment is publicly reported, so the question will remain open until slightly after the specified deadline.

• In the event the date charges were brought is unknown, this question will instead use the earliest time the charges are unsealed, officially announced, or reported by reliable media publications

Background

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2023/trump-criminal-investigations-cases-tracker-list/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/18/politics/trump-special-counsel-probe/index.html

“Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden’s DOJ, sent a letter (again, it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

Donald Trump says he’s a target of special counsel’s criminal probe into 2020 election aftermath | CNN Politics

Former President Donald Trump said in a social media post he’s been informed by special counsel Jack Smith that he is a target of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a sign he may soon be charged by the special counsel.