Veteran legal reporter Julie Kelly — who has covered the Trump trials, January 6 prosecutions and other instances of Democrat-led politically motivated law fare in-depth — broke down Biden DOJ-appointed Special Counsel Jack Smith’s latest indictment against former President Donald Trump.

The new indictment comes just weeks after the Supreme Court ruled that U.S. presidents have immunity relating to official conduct while in office. A separate ruling neutralized the Biden DOJ’s use of an obscure felony for “obstruction of an official proceeding,” which had for years been used against January 6 defendants, resulting in lengthy prison terms for simple trespassing violations. The obstruction of an official proceeding charge also formed half of Smith’s case against Trump relating to the former president’s objections to the 2020 election results.

The Merck Garland-appointed special counsel has argued that Trump illegally conspired to overturn the election results, despite the fact that there is constitutional and historical precedence for the move.

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With his January 6 case effectively dead, Smith on Tuesday announced that he will be filing a superseding indictment that covers much of the same conduct. The new indictment contains some notable deviations from the initial January 6 indictment and appears designed to sidestep the Supreme Court’s latest rulings, Kelly explained in an X thread.

Kelly first noted that former deputy Attorney General Jeff Clark was no longer listed as a “co-conspirator.” Clark has also been charged by Democrat prosecutors in Arizona and Georgia for endorsing a constitutionally protected objection to the election results. “SCOTUS determined Trump’s interactions with his own DOJ clearly represented ‘official acts’ and protected by presidential immunity,” Kelly wrote. “Where does Jeff Clark go to get his reputation back?”

“Jack Smith also had to present his case to a new grand jury in DC. SCOTUS further ruled immunized conduct could not be used during any phase of the investigation/prosecution including GJ proceedings,” Kelly further explained. “Of course it’s a layup getting an indictment against a Republican in DC.”

Smith also appears to have ignored key facets of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings in his latest indictment. The “obstruction of an official proceeding charge” remains in the indictment and forms the basis of Smith’s case “Smith does not appear to address the document/evidence impairment requirement held by SCOTUS.”

Smith’s new case has no chance of going to trial before Election Day, though the Biden DOJ has vowed to work on the cases through January, even if Trump wins in November.

An additional indictment filed by Smith involving Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents was tossed by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who argued that Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional.

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A Pennsylvania man is facing a federal indictment in which he is accused of voting in both Pennsylvania and Florida during the 2020 presidential election. He is also accused of voting twice in Pennsylvania during the 2022 midterm elections.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia announced on August 9 that it had filed five federal charges against 62-year-old Philip C. Pulley of Huntingdon Valley. According to the indictment, Pulley allegedly violated federal election law by falsely registering to vote, voting in multiple locations and engaging in election fraud.

Pulley is accused of using a false Philadelphia address and social security in 2020 number when he registered in Philadelphia while he was already registered in nearby Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Broward County, Florida. During that year, he requested a mail-in ballot in Philadelphia and ultimately voted in both Montgomery County and Broward County, prosecutors allege.

Elsewhere in the indictment, Pulley is accused of voting in both Montgomery County and Philadelphia during the pivotal 2022 midterm elections, which featured a gubernatorial race and a U.S. Senate race.

Federal prosecutors allege that Pulley has a lengthy history of using his Huntingdon Valley address to vote from 2005 through last year. Broward County records indicate that he registered as a Republican in 2018 in Lighthouse Point, Florida, an address he has voted from multiple times.

Pennsylvania voting records indicate Pulley was registered as a Republican in Montgomery County from the 1990s until he changed it to the Democratic Party last year. A few years prior, in February 2020, he registered as a Democrat in Philadelphia — where he voted in general elections in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the records show, according to a report from the Associated Press.

If convicted, on each count, Pulley faces a maximum possible sentence of five years of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $10,000 to 250,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment.

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