An official proceeding. Obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The former president is due to appear before a federal court on thursday In Washington, dc, as Our Washington correspondent sean dilley explains. Chanting 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 states into helping him overturn the Election Results. The police are now running back into the capitol building. Hes not been charged with inciting the violent scenes of january 6th, but prosecutors have drawn a link. The attack on our Nations Capital onjanuary 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its descri
fact that two other court dates are already on the calendar and you cannot have overlapping court dates. so they are going to have to work around that and i guess it will be sometime next spring. we are going into a spring that will be characterised by primary z then the general election after that, so all of these will be taking place at the same time. trump will want to persist as much as possible so expect a lot of back and forth about these dates are being set. fix, expect a lot of back and forth about these dates are being set.- these dates are being set. a final auestion these dates are being set. a final question on these dates are being set. a final question on political these dates are being set. a final question on political strategy. - these dates are being set. a final| question on political strategy. for republicans, i know it is a minority, but those that don t want trump and the democrats, what do you think the best strategy is, because largely, the democrats have le