Special counsel Jack Smith announced Tuesday that former President Donald Trump was charged on four counts in a case surrounding alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power in January 2021.

"The attack on our nation's capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy," Smith said. "It was fueled by lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government."

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The four federal charges include Conspiracy to Defraud the United States; Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding; Obstruction of, and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding; and Conspiracy Against rights, according to the indictment handed up Tuesday by a federal grand jury.

"From on or about November 14, 2020, through on or about January 20, 2021, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, the defendant, Donald J. Trump, did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with co-conspirators, known and unknown to the grand jury, to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States — that is, the right to vote, and to have one's vote counted," the indictment reads.

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While the indictment lists six "Co-Conspirators," it does not specifically mention those people by name but lists five of them as attorneys, one being a "Justice Department official" who attempted to use the DOJ to "open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislators with knowingly false claims of election fraud." A "Co-Conspirator 6" is listed as a "political consultant who help implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding."

Tuesday marked the second federal indictment the former president faces out of Smith's investigation. He is also facing charges in a separate case including willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and false statements. Trump was also charged with an additional three counts as part of a superseding indictment out of that case on July 27.