And a significant number of MAGA followers are confused as to why Trump has been charged for saying the election was rigged by Hillary wasn’t. It’s frustrating, because it’s as if a lot of them didn’t bother looking at any of the indictments agains him. Smith’s first indictment even acknowledges that Mr. Trump has the right to question the election, to lie about it even, and it goes on to explain point-for-point the charges. None of the charges are about challenging or lying about the election.