ou look justice department. sarah, if you look at justice department. sarah, if you look at what justice department. sarah, if you look at what the - justice department. sarah, if you look at what the special. you look at what the special counseljack smith said in a statement, he said he wants a speedy trial. one could we see this go to trial? i speedy trial. one could we see this go to trial? this go to trial? i would not exect this go to trial? i would not exoect to this go to trial? i would not expect to see this go to trial? i would not expect to see this - this go to trial? i would not expect to see this trial - this go to trial? i would not. expect to see this trial happen any time soon. for lots of reasons. first of all, the president is now under indictment in three cases. that is an enormous amount of work for him and his legal teams, to process all of those cases, to respond to the cases and review the discovery. it is a huge, process for him. even putting aside the f
to defend who we are as a country and a people. they defended the very institutions and principles that define the united states. since the attack on our capitol, the department ofjustice has remained committed to ensuring accountability of those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case is brought consistent with that commitment. and 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 of citizens. in the meantime, i must emphasise that the indictment is only an allegation and the defendant must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. i would like to thank the members of the federal bureau of investigation who are working on this investigation with my office as well as the many career
as described in the indictment, it was fuelled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government, the nation s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. the men and women of law enforcement who defended the us capitol onjanuary 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 capitol, 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.
appearing virtually or in person, but he is likely to appear in person because he has done for his previous two indictments. inside court, he will face what is arguably the most serious indictment so far, and probably the most serious indictment that a department ofjustice has ever brought against a former president, and potentially a future president. he is being accused in this a5 page indictment of trying to subvert the election results of 2020, of trying to overturn democracy. 0ne 2020, of trying to overturn democracy. one of the charges include conspiracy to defraud the united states. mr trump has dismissed the indictment, as he has done with the previous two, saying it is a political witchhunt, it is the department ofjustice being recognised by president biden in order to stop him from running for the white house, unsubstantiated claims he has made. at the republican party, by and large, have backed him. they did so with his previous two indictments and we have also seen his appr