[ATTW-L] the newest indictment of Trump

[Dragga, Sam]

The newest indictment of Donald Trump (this time for conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights) is a striking and especially important example for class discussion of technical communication related to legal issues.

In this 45-page indictment, note the descriptions and definitions in paragraphs #1 to #4 and #7 to #9 on pages 3-9, the detailed narrative in paragraphs #10 to #123 on pages 13-42, and the legal language specifying the crimes in paragraphs #5 to #6 on page 3 and paragraphs #124 to #130 on pages 42-45.

This example could also offer instructive comparison/contrast with

  *   the DOJ’s June 8 indictment of Trump for 37 crimes at https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.3.0.pdf or the DOJ’s revised July 27 indictment of Trump for 3 additional crimes (i.e., a total of 40 crimes) at https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.85.0_2.pdf
  *   New York’s indictment of Trump for 34 crimes at https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf and the narrative of the 34 crimes at https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf.

Sam

Sam Dragga
Professor Emeritus
Texas Tech University
sam.dragga at ttu.edu
1-806-543-6099

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://attw.org/pipermail/attw-l_attw.org/attachments/20230802/c8c9d96f/attachment-0001.htm>