Described in the indictment that was fuelled by lies, lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the Us Government, the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. Our North America correspondent nomia iqbal joins me from outside the court. What will we see on thursday . These charges as you outlined there, the Department Of Justice believes it is held a strong case to show the former president of the us tried to select the Election Results of 2020 and essentially tried to overturn the policy. We mention one of the charges, Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, obstruct official proceedings, and others. This is the most serious Indictment Set by the donald trump basis, one of the most serious indictments the Department Ofjustice has brought against a president in terms of what they have laid out in the indictment against him. Having said that, despite the seriousness of it, Department Ofjustice has a cha
I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our nations capitol onjanuary 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its described in the indictment it was fuelled by lies, lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the us government, the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. The men and women of Law Enforcement who defended the us capitol on january 6 are heroes. They are patriots and they are the very best of us. They did notjust defend a building with people sheltering in it, they put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and a people. They defended the very institutions and principles that define the United States. Since the attack on our capitol, the Department Ofjustice Has remained committed to ensuring accountability of those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment. And o
we ve lost everything, all of our belongings are gone, the only thing we ve managed to say that as our lives. the water s might has taken notjust homes, businesses too. in this video a new hotel, one of the largest in the area, was washed away within minutes. the owner told bbc he watched helplessly as it came down. it s becoming clear to the people trapped in these remote communities that the worst is far from over and yet all many could do was sit and hope, hope that the coming storm will be a little more forgiving. it is a vulnerability many had never imagined. pumza fihlani, bbc news, sukkur. pakistan s minister for climate change, senator sherry rehman, says it is the worst flooding pakistan has witnessed in living memory. as we speak, we have 30 districts completely inundated, so this is reaching proportions much bigger than what we saw in the super flood in 2010. frankly, it s the biggest flood we ve seen in living memory, and it has stretched all resources into the
America. the justice department is america. thejustice department is being weaponised. we re not talking about that at all. we re talking about an individual who the highest office in the land engaging in conduct in which our institutions of government have to hold him accountable, somehow, someway. the that he was in that position and is now in this position is no fault of his own but it s still a dark day. i don t want there to be any mistake of what we re talking about, dark for democracy. talking about, dark for democra . ., , , , talking about, dark for democra . ., ,, , ., democracy. congressmen, ust to ick u- democracy. congressmen, ust to pick up on democracy. congressmen, ust to pick up on what we democracy. congressmen, ust to pick up on what we heard democracy. congressmen, just to pick up on what we heard from i pick up on what we heard from the senator, a number of republicans coming out support today of the former president saying that this is indeed an example
Includes conspiracy to defraud the united states. he has dismissed this indictment as is done with the previous two, saying this is a political witch hunt, the department of justice being weaponised by president biden in order to stop them running for the white house, unsubstantiated claims he has made. the republican party by and large have backed him. they did so with his previous two indictments and have also seen his approval ratings tend to go up with republican voters. it is probably going to be the same with this indictment. however, how he does with the rest of the american electorate remains to be seen. right now however he still remains the clear front rather the republican party s presidential nomination. special counseljack smith s indictment caps an inquiry into events surrounding the january 6, 2021 riot at the us capitol. the investigation focused on mr trump s actions in the two month period between his loss and the attack on congress as lawmakers