On thursday In Washington dc as our washington correspondent sean dilley explains. Crowd we love trump he is the first president to be charged with a federal crime but if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his 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 into helping him overturn election results. The attack on our Nations Capital onjanuary sixth, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. It is described in the indictment it was fuelled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the us government, a nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. Donald trump responded by posting a Campaign Statement on his social media network, likening his prosecution
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Serious lawyer he has the sole distinction of being a political hack. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 2021, was unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Since the attack on our capitol, the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case has brought consistent with that commitment. Laura ha. Well, by listening to this guy, you would think that trump himself was smashing flew the glass at the capitol that day. That was one of the most item go jake presentations i have ever seen in a high profile Criminal Case anyone who listened to that. Any normal person alleged donalp carried out the capitol riot. In order to get a conviction, he will have to use material, that, in my view, is clearly protected by the First Amendment. Laura now, this case should never survive a motion to dismiss, a motion for summary judgment. But will judge tonya shut kin, an obama judge, e
And kelly hyman, legal analyst and democratic strategist welcome to you all. There is a section in the Special Counsels indictment in which jack smith breaks down this alleged scheme into five distinct parts. First, it begins with the false claims of Election Fraud. It is important to note that the doj says explicitly that donald trump it is important to note that the doj did know that he had lost the election and made knowingly false claims about it. Second, the former president and his Co Conspirators launched a seven state strategy to pressure state and local officials to overturn the officially certified results. Third, they weaponised, to coin a phrase, Thejustice Department to lend credence to these false claims of Election Fraud to try to pressure State Officials. Fourth, they pressured the Vice President , mike pence, to do something they knew was unconstitutional and illegal. And finally, which brings us to the violence of january 6th, they exploited that disruption and redoub
Good afternoon. Donald trump has been accused of plotting to overturn the result of the president ial election in 2020. Hes been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, by spreading lies, dishonesty, fraud and deceit. Hes described the indictment as ridiculous. It is the third criminal case against mr trump whos already been accused of mishandling classified government documents and of covering up a Hush Money Payment to a porn star. Despite all that, hes still favourite to be the republican candidate in next years race for the white house. Our North America correspondent sean dilley reports. We love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime. But if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his 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