Our washington correspondent, sean dilley, reports. We love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime and if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps 30 indictment is only likely to boost popularity with republican voters. The charges he faces though are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about election fraud, to trick and persuade states in helping him overturn the Election Results. Helping him overturn the Election Results. The attack on our nations Election Results. The attack on our nations i Election Results. The attack on our nations i january Election Results. The attack on our nations ijanuary six, our nations ijanuary six, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. It is described in indictment, it was fuelled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the us government, the nations process of collecting, counting and cer
the arraignment, that is when the defendant appears for the first time has a charges read and is entering a plea, that would normally be 70 days so theoretically that would be in october but very theoretically. they can certainly say they are ready to go to trial but looking at the unrelated, another case that is a federal case, prosecuted byjack another case that is a federal case, prosecuted by jack smith, case, prosecuted byjack smith, the team of donald trump says they need time to prepare for they need time to prepare for the evidence and the judge on the evidence and the judge on the other case agreed to that. donald trump and his team attempted to delay that until after the election in november next year but the prosecution said they want to crack on with it as early as december this year and a judge, almost like solomons baby, had to say hang on a minute, one timescale is unrealistic and so is the other and she set the trial date in the mar a lago classified documents case for
charge has to do with a conspiracy to deprive people of their voting rights by avoiding their voting rights by avoiding the results of their lawful votes. ,., . votes. the 45 page indictment lists other votes. the 45 page indictment lists other people votes. the 45 page indictment lists other people as - votes. the 45 page indictment lists other people as well, - votes. the 45 page indictment lists other people as well, six | lists other people as well, six unnamed co conspirators, we have lawyers, four of them are justice department officials, a political consultant and as ever it is cold complicated, the devil is in the detail. how will it play out and talk through the process. he will it play out and talk through the process. he will be arraiuned through the process. he will be arraigned on through the process. he will be arraigned on thursday, - through the process. he will be | arraigned on thursday, meaning he will appear in court and enter a plea, he will appear in court
son of the president really is the only relationship between these two investigations. the fact that the conduct underlying the investigations was entirely different, that they were handled differently, one was handled by the department ofjustice, one was handled at the us attorney s office, it is really apples to oranges that we are comparing and it s hard to really draw much comparison between the two cases. we have to look at each one independently and the evidence supporting the charges in each case independently. what comes next for hunter biden? , .., , , biden? his case will be assigned biden? his case will be assigned to biden? his case will be assigned to a - biden? his case will be assigned to a judge - biden? his case will be | assigned to a judge who biden? his case will be - assigned to a judge who will enter a plea, assigned to a judge who will entera plea, he assigned to a judge who will enter a plea, he still needs to do that, and also the judge will endorse the out
two miles down the road he screeched into this parking lot hopped out of the driver s seat, opened the back door, pulled his child out, laid him on the concrete, tried to resuscitate him. reporter: but little cooper was dead. patrol officers were in the area when the 911 calls came in. medical personnel arrived on the scene to determine the child apparently had been in the automobile, the father s automobile since about 9:00 this morning. reporter: harris told police he had somehow forgotten to drop cooper off at day care. just screamed what have i done loudly. obviously it was a bit dramatic, hands in the air, looking up towards the sky, what have i done? reporter: but police say it was all an act, charging him with cruelty to a child and felony murder. sfwlel enter a plea of not guilty at this time. reporter: more than 10,000 signed an online petition urging the district attorney to drop the charges. there s no way it would have been intentional, especially fro