According to informal Justice Department policy, the department holds off on indicting persons or executing search warrants in politically related cases during the 60 days before an election so that its actions are not perceived as politically motivated or attempts to affect an election. The 60 day period as to Trump begins in 10 days.

The Washington Post reports:

...the indictment no longer accuses someone referred to in the original document as “Co-Conspirator No. 4,” but who is identifiable from details in the indictment as former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark.

Instead of six uncharged co-conspirators in the indictment, there are now five — most of them lawyers who advised Trump on his efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to details provided in the indictment. Smith revised his description of the five individuals to pointedly refer to each as “private” lawyers or a consultant, seeking to distinguish their conduct from official government acts.

The new charges were voted on by a different grand jury than the one that returned the original Indictment.

My reaction: This is good news, but only if Trump is defeated in November. If he wins, his AG can dismiss the charges. If he loses the election, he can be tried during Kamala's presidency.

Donald Trump sure has a lot riding on this election. But so do voters, who need to show up in great numbers to boot him out of the political orbit for good.