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00:00Trump, quote, enlisted co-conspirators to assist him in his criminal efforts, unquote,
00:04says the most recent indictment against the former president.
00:07So just who are these six unnamed co-conspirators?
00:12CNN identifies five of the six based on indictment quotes and other information.
00:17Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani oversaw attempts to overturn the election.
00:22The indictment says co-conspirator two, quote, circulated a two-page memorandum, unquote,
00:27with a plan for Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election while presiding
00:32over the Electoral College certification on January 6th, 2021.
00:36CNN points out this matches up with a two-page memo John Eastman wrote.
00:41Sidney Powell is a lawyer who pushed Mr. Trump to use the military to seize voting machines
00:46and rerun the election.
00:48The indictment names another co-conspirator as, quote, a Justice Department official, unquote.
00:53A Justice Department official at the time, Jeffrey Clark, reportedly received a letter
00:58from another Justice Department official rebutting his attempt to use the department
01:02to overturn the election.
01:03The New York Times lists these names as co-conspirators, as well as Kenneth Chesabro and James Troupas.
01:10They are lawyers who helped flesh out the plan to use fake electors pledged to Mr. Trump in
01:16Biden states.
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