Special Prosecutor Jack Smith isn't backing down after the Supreme Court gave Trump vast power to evade prosecution. The original Jan. 6 indictment that was stalled while a question went to the Supreme Court was 45 pages; the new one, that was run past a new grand jury, is 36 pages. It pares down the accusations and removes the bit from Trump tangling with the Justice Department over a lot of the Jeffrey Clark stuff. Instead of calling him President Trump it refers to him in his role as Candidate Trump to distinguish that what he was doing on Jan. 6 wasn't presidential. This document is called a superseding indictment.

Trump indicted again in election subversion case brought by Jack Smith
The 36-page indictment, secured Tuesday by the special counsel, is an attempt to recalibrate the case after the Supreme Court’s immunity decision.

Both sides face a Friday deadline to propose next steps to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, the Biden appointee who is overseeing the proceedings in the trial court. Chutkan has scheduled a Sept. 5 hearing to set a course for the case.

Trump pleaded not guilty to the initial indictment and has repeatedly decried the prosecution as a political vendetta. After the new indictment was unveiled on Tuesday, Trump called it “ridiculous” in a post on his social media site, Truth Social.

“For them to do this immediately after our Supreme Court Victory on Immunity and more, is shocking,” Trump wrote.

Trump thinks he got a "get out of jail free" card from the Supreme Court - and it's close to that, but he has committed so many crimes that this current indictment was still possible.

The new indictment seeks to rely on a distinction the Supreme Court drew between a president’s private actions (which can be the subject of criminal charges) and actions that stem from a president’s official powers (which now carry a large degree of immunity).

In an apparent bid to downplay any connection between Trump’s official duties and his bid to overturn Joe Biden’s victory, the new indictment repeatedly emphasizes the political and personal nature of many of the actions Trump took during the post-election period and on Jan. 6, 2021.