of a candidate for the presidential election next year, donald trump, facing serious criminal charges that he tried to overturn the result of the last election in 2020, which was won byjoe biden. mr trump, who was president between 2016 and 2020, is charged with four counts of plotting to subvert the 2020 election result. the 45 page indictment, or charge sheet, accuses him of knowingly spreading pervasive and destabilising lies about election fraud that threatened american democracy. each charge carries a maximum sentence of between five and 20 years. mr trump said the charges had awoken the world to the corruption, scandal and failure that has taken place in the us underjoe biden. the former president has now been impeached twice, arrested twice and charged in three criminal cases. in the other two, he s accused of mishandling secret documents, and of covering up a payment to a porn star. here s our north america editor, sarah smith.