It is described in the indictment, fuelled by lies. Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the us government, the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. The men and women of Law Enforcement who defended the us Capital Onjanuary The 6th are heroes. They are patriots and The Very Best of us. They did notjust defend a building, or the people sheltering in it they put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people. They defended the very institutions and principles that defined the United States. Since the attack on our capital the Department Ofjustice Has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment. Our investigation of other individuals continues. In this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury o
And seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that i left. Its a very sad thing to see it. When you look at whats happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person thats leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary, and leading biden by a lot. So if you cant beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. We cant let this happen in america. Thank you very much. Live to outside the courthouse now, with carl nasman. Good to see you, youve been at the courthouse all day today. Walk us through what you have seen unfolding. Seen unfolding. Definitely a lot of what seen unfolding. Definitely a lot of what we seen unfolding. Definitely a lot of what we saw seen unfolding. Definitely a lot of what we saw today i seen unfolding. Definitely a i lot of what we saw today was incredibly historic. Former President
He campaigns to return to the white house. He is charged with four counts detailed in this 45 four counts detailed in this 45 page indictment, Conspiracy To Defraud the United States can, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. There is the special Counseljack Smith announcing the indictment. Today an indictment was unsealed Charging Donaldj trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the District Of Columbia and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our Nation Plasma Capital on january six, 202i on our Nation Plasma Capital on january six, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Described in the indictment that was fuelled by lies,
He received while in office from 2018 to 2022. The verdict means he is not allowed to hold Public Office for five years, with pakistan just months away from a general election. Our correspondent Caroline Davies reports. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. The judgment came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. The court said hes dishonest. So this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. Imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. Outside court, shouts of your show is over, khan. Minutes later, we heard hed been arrested. This was what happened last time mr khan was arrested. Protests, some violent. Mr khan was released, but his party faced a dramatic crackdown. Many of his senior Party Leadership were arrested, then announced that theyd left the party. Police picked up thou
President and not facing a ramifications politically. As a medium effect, short term effect and a long term effect the immediate is hell raise a lot of money. In intensive of support from his core base. In the short term we will see that it benefits him most likely within the republican primary put up as he is being indicted more and more often which is a bizarre thing to say, what weve seen is it reinforces trumps Court Message that the government is rigged against him, theres a two tiered System Ofjustice and so forth. All of which i think is false but it reinforces that political argument from trauma. In the long term is of youre an independent voter, somebody who voted for donald trump and 2016 but then voted forjoe biden in 2020 for the especially important in states like arizona and georgia, we see more scepticism about donald trump coming back. Benefits him in the short term, long term still very real problems with this. Thats on the political fight, much less whats happening in