By GREGORY KORTE, ZOE TILLMAN Bloomberg News/TNS
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The 45-page indictment against Donald Trump announced on Tuesday refers to six unindicted “co-conspirators” that prosecutors allege assisted the former president in “criminal efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election and retain power.”

The individuals aren’t named. But the indictment gives enough detail about their actions — often quoting them directly — to identify five of the six based on publicly available information, particularly the final report of the congressional committee that investigated the 2020 election. A person familiar with the investigation also confirmed those identities.

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Although there are limits on how prosecutors can use a grand jury after securing an indictment, they can use it to add defendants to a case. In announcing the latest Trump indictment Tuesday, Special Counsel John “Jack” Smith said “our investigation of other individuals continues.”

Rudy Giuliani

The indictment’s description of co-conspirator 1 matches former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, labeling him as “an attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the Defendant’s 2020 reelection campaign attorneys would not.”

John Eastman

The indictment’s description of co-conspirator 2 matches Trump lawyer John Eastman, describing him as “an attorney who devised and attempted to implement a strategy to leverage the Vice President’s ceremonial role overseeing the certification proceeding to obstruct the certification of the presidential election.”

Sidney Powell

The indictment’s description of co-conspirator 3 matches conservative advocate Sidney Powell, describing her as “an attorney whose unfounded claims of election fraud the Defendant privately acknowledged to others sounded ‘crazy.’”

Jeff Clark

The indictment’s description of co-conspirator 4 matches former Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark, describing him as “a Justice Department official who worked on civil matters” and attempted with Trump to “use the Justice Department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims of election fraud.”

Kenneth Chesebro

The indictment’s description of co-conspirator 5 matches appellate attorney Kenneth Chesebro, describing him as “an attorney who assisted in devising and attempting to implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.”