{"id":31488,"date":"2023-08-03T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=31488"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:29:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:29:02","slug":"native-woman-sounds-alarm-as-donald-trump-answers-to-more-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/08\/03\/native-woman-sounds-alarm-as-donald-trump-answers-to-more-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Native woman sounds alarm as Donald Trump answers to more criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Sophia<\/a>
Sophia Marjanovic, seen on the far left wearing a red ribbon skirt, stands outside of the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., where former U.S. president Donald Trump was arraigned on criminal charges on August 3, 2023. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Native woman sounds alarm as Donald Trump answers to more criminal charges<\/div>\r\n
Thursday, August 3, 2023<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. —\r\nStanding among the boisterous crowd of media and onlookers awaiting the arraignment of former U.S. president Donald Trump is one Native woman.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nWearing a red ribbon skirt and holding a sign reading \u201cNot Above The Law,\u201d Sophia Marjanovic, who hails from the Fort Peck Tribes<\/a> as well as the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel<\/a>, makes her presence known outside of the federal courthouse here<\/a>. Her voice amplified by a megaphone, she warns the crowd about the ongoing effects of colonization.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nMore specifically, Marjanovic links Trump\u2019s long line of legal troubles to America\u2019s long history of mistreatment of Native peoples. Comparing his alleged criminal behaviors to a continuation of colonial harms, she says the Republican former president\u2019s misdeeds encourage others to repeat historic wrongs.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThey\u2019re emboldened because of Trump,\u201d Marjanovic says outside of the Elijah Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse<\/a> in the nation’s capital.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThey\u2019re emboldened because of the land they stole from us,\u201d adds Marjanovic.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\"Sophia<\/a>

Sophia Marjanovic, wearing a red ribbon skirt, is seen outside of the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., where former U.S. president Donald Trump was arraigned on criminal charges on August 3, 2023. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nTrump, 77, who served one term in office, is being accused of trying to overturn the results of the election he lost in November 2020. Federal prosecutors allege he conspired with others to order to stop the certification of the American people’s vote.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nSpecial Counsel Jack Smith<\/a>, a U.S. government attorney appointed by the Department of Justice<\/a> to investigate interference with the 2020 election, announced the charges on Tuesday. Similar to Marjanovic’s warning, he said Trump’s “lies” directly contributed to a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol during the certification more than two years ago.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“The attack on our nation\u2019s capital on January 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,” Smith said in a statement from D.C<\/a>. “As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies.”\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government, the nation\u2019s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election,” Smith said<\/a> of Trump.\r\n

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