Call starting with the claims from the former president about suitcases full of ballots. Mr trump also made claims about so called dead voters. Mr raffensperger did push back against mr trump in the call. And in the most pointed exchange,of the call trump spelled out how many voters he needed. Stephen loosley an analyst in us politics at the United States studies centre in sydney laid out the legal dilemmas mr trump now faces. It isa it is a very serious indictment for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is a number of reasons. Firstly, it is a Racketeering Charge under Georgia State law, Racketeering Legislation is modelled on the originalfederal legislation designed to bring down the mafia. The problem that donald trump faces is generally a conviction under legislation in georgia leads to a prison sentence, Thatis Georgia leads to a prison sentence, that is not certain, but that is the probability, secondly, mark meadows, the former chief of staff in the Trump White House is amongst the
Top diplomat Antony Blinken on a surprise visit to kyiv. Also tonight. At least two french Prison Officers are killed in an ambush on a Prison Van Near Normandy in france. The prisoner was being taken from court to a prison and escaped after the attack. More protests rock the Georgian Capital Tblisi after its Parliament Passes a controverisal law that opponents say will stifle dissent and curtail the countrys attempts tojoin the eu. And trump on trial his former lawyer Michael Cohen resumes testimony in new york saying he lied out of loyalty and to protect the former president. Well bring you the latest, live from new york. We start with news from the surprise visit from Antony Blinken. Americas top diplomat Antony Blinken, says the war with russia is at a critical moment. The us Secretary Of State made the comment during talks with ukraines president zelensky in kyiv, also promising americas unwavering support in the fight. Mr blinken, was speaking after a new russian offensive in th
is modelled on the originalfederal legislation designed to bring down the mafia. the problem that donald trump faces is generally a conviction under legislation in georgia leads to a prison sentence, thatis georgia leads to a prison sentence, that is not certain, but that is the probability, secondly, mark meadows, the former chief of staff in the trump white house is amongst the 18 other people who have been indicted. he is a very senior official from the trump administration and that is different. and you have a circumstance of course, this is a georgia state, if convicted, even if re elected to the white house, november of next year, during the second term, president trump could not pardon himself. they would be enormous pressure on the governor of georgia to do so but it is dimensionally different these charges against what happened in new