For a mugshot, but he did have his fingerprints taken. His Court Appearance took place just blocks from the us Capitol Building, where the events of january 6th played out. The Special Prosecutor alleges in his indictment that the former president fuelled the attack by Sowing Distrust in the 2020 election. The charges mr trump is facing include conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, namely his attempt to stop the counting of the vote. Protests took place outside the District Court in washington, dc on thursday, as the former president faced the charges inside. Some were anti trump demonstrators, and some were his supporters, who waved the american flag. Before boaring his plane to travel back to newjersey, mr trump spoke briefly to reporters. He described the charges as the persecution of a political opponent. This is a very sad day for america. And it was also very sad driving through washington, dc and seeing the filth and the decay
This city. But he returned as a criminal defendant. He faces four charges and is accused of orchestrating an astonishingly Broad Campaign to overturn the Election Results of 2020. Its alleged he used unlawful methods to try to getjoe biden s victory blocked. Inside court, mrtrump s biden s victory blocked. Inside court, mr trumps lawyer pleaded not guilty on his behalf. The former president did speak as he left the city. When you look at what is happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. Its easy to almost become immune to donald trump legal problems but this case is bigger than all the other indictments and that is because ultimately, its about american democracy. And how the former president stands accused of trying to overthrow it. January the sixth of the painful and indelible mark on the uss image here and worldwide. Five people died and more than 1000 were arrested. Donald trump is charged with inciting violence but acc
Minutes later, cho so hyun found space and found the net, her teams first goal of the tournament, and as it stood, germany were heading home. But as weve seen many times before, captain Alexandra Popp putting her team back into the Knockout Stages. But not so fast. In perth, colombia were still being held by 72nd ranked morocco. A goal for morocco would see them through, and in first half stoppage time. And morocco do have their goal . Anissa lahmari with the rebound morocco heading through, germany once again bowing out. Nine minutes of injury time were shown in both matches. Anything could happen. But morocco held on. They had done their bit. Now all eyes were on germany. The two time winners needed a goal, and after 100 minutes of football, they almost found one. As close as germany have come for germany, it was over and out, leaving at the group stage for the first time ever. For morocco, as the result came through, jubilation ranked 72nd in the world, through to the Knockout Stage
This is a very sad day for america. And it was also very sad driving through washington, dc and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that i left. Its a very sad thing to see it. When you look at whats happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person thats leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading biden by a lot. So, if you cant beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. We cant let this happen in america. Thank you very much. Earlier, my colleague Sumi Somaskanda spoke to former congresswoman stephanie murphy. She served as a democratic representative for the State Of Florida and also worked on the House Select Committee to investigate the january 6th attack. Thank you so much forjoining us. Firstly, you served on the january Six Committee in the house of representatives. At
Former President Trump was then read his rights he entered a not guilty plea. The next hearing set for the morning of august 28th. These are the four charges donald trump is facing in this case. Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The indictment also mentioned six Co Conspirators, who have not been charged. Mr trump has now left washington on his private plane. Before boarding, he made a brief statement. This is a very sad day for america. And it was also very sad driving through washington, dc and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that i left. Its a very sad thing to see it. When you look at whats happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person thats le