Donald Trump indicted: Intrigue builds around the identity of ‘Co-Conspirator 6’
Ashley Oliver
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Special counsel Jack Smith accused former President Donald Trump of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in coordination with six alleged co-conspirators, but the identity of one remains a mystery.
Smith provided details about the unnamed people in his indictment of Trump on Tuesday, and many of those details were already public, leaving almost no room for doubt about who five of them were.
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They appeared to be former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, attorney John Eastman, attorney Sidney Powell, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, and attorney Kenneth Chesebro. None were indicted, though Smith could bring more charges in the case.
Several media outlets reported on the five identities, which prompted speculation about Smith’s sixth and final alleged co-conspirator.
He or she, according to the indictment, was a political consultant “who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.”
The indictment stated the person emailed alleged co-conspirator No. 1, apparently Giuliani, on Dec. 7, 2020, listing out attorneys in seven battleground states who could assist in a “fraudulent elector effort.”
It stated he or she participated in a conference call on Dec. 12 with Trump’s electors in Pennsylvania that involved convincing the electors to sign documents that they were legitimate electors.
Newsweek elevated conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as a possible sixth co-conspirator.
A number of Ginni Thomas’s texts and emails became public after 2020, including texts to former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows urging him to help Trump stand firm and face the “greatest Heist of our History.”
She later apologized for the texts, chalking them up to heightened emotions in the immediate aftermath of 2020.
Smith’s indictment emphasized that those involved in the alleged election conspiracy were privately aware of falsities in their words and actions.
Another name floating around social media is Mike Roman, a former Trump campaign official from Pennsylvania who, according to CNN, cooperated with prosecutors in Smith’s inquiry. Roman added to the speculation by sharing a photo Tuesday night of an Eagles No. 6 jersey.
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Trump 2020 campaign senior adviser Boris Epshteyn is also drawing interest as a co-conspirator possibility. Epshteyn worked in coordination with Giuliani, Eastman, and others on plots to establish alternate electors in various states.
Epshteyn and Roman were among several who had their phones seized last year by the DOJ in connection with its investigation on the matter.
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Several other names in Trump’s circle at the time — such as War Room podcast host Steve Bannon, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, adviser Roger Stone, Trump adviser Jason Miller, and Trump former speechwriting director Stephen Miller — have also been thrown into the mix.
Some, such as Peter Strzok, the longtime FBI agent fired in 2018 amid the Trump-Russia investigation, made light of the guessing game on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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