October 26, 2025

Category - J6 Insurrection

Case type: Criminal
Where: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Prosecutor: Jack Smith, DOJ special counsel
When: Indicted August 1

In probably the most important single case the Justice Department has ever brought, Trump was indicted on August 1 for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which led to the attack on the Capitol. (It’s the second federal criminal indictment; see below.) Trump is set to be arraigned on August 3 in Washington, D.C., where a trial would take place. No date has been set yet, but Smith wants a “speedy trial,” which by law means within 70 days of charges. That timing, like everything else in the case, will be decided by Judge Tanya Chutkan.