Next week on monday in newjersey, he will be releasing a large complex and your futile report on presidential election fraud in georgia, and that would lead in his words to a complete exoneration. we are not expecting much. don trump is not written able to substantiate the allegations he made that the election was stolen. he has never admitted he lost that election and these charges relate, in the words of the prosecutor, to his attempt to overturn that election defeat, and these are now the latest in a long line of criminal charges that donald trump faces. find line of criminal charges that donald trump fam trump faces. and ust remind us of that lona trump faces. and ust remind us of that long line trump faces. and ust remind us of that long line of trump faces. and just remind us of that long line of criminal trump faces. and just remind us of that long line of criminal charges, l that long line of criminal charges, because with this latest raft of charges, is he going to
A former head of state, now accused of a wide ranging conspiracy, to interfere with the democratic process in the state of georgia during the 2020 presidential election. the law being used to prosecute him and 18 others is normally deployed against organised crime. the evidence includes a phone conversation, where he s alleged to have asked georgia s top election official to find votes for him to defeatjoe biden. this is his fourth criminal indictment. he s also being accused of covering up the payment of hush money to a porn star, keeping classified documents in his home in florida, and he s accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election, with his actions around the riots at the capitol building in washington. he denies any wrongdoing, continuing his campaign to win the white house again. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, is outside the courthouse in atlanta, georgia.
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I think the more that goes on, the more people are seeing what he s saying that it is a two tiered justice system, it sjust being used against we the people now. donald trump can t stop campaigning, but he will also need to defend himself in court. he says he will release next week what he calls a detailed report that he claims will back up his lies about election fraud in georgia. sarah smith, bbc news, atlanta, georgia. let s talk to our correspondent in washington, wyre davies. wyre, the previously unthinkable has become the politically routine, another day, another set of charges for donald trump. another day, another set of charges for donald trump. indeed, and he has not a for donald trump. indeed, and he has got a retuning for donald trump. indeed, and he has got a retuning down for donald trump. indeed, and he has got a retuning down a for donald trump. indeed, and he has got a retuning down a routine - got a retuning down a routine response, he went on to truth soci
Mr trump himself is facing 13 of the 41 charges, including forgery and racketeering. the document also contains evidence such as mr trump s tweets and details from an infamous phone call to the georgia secretary of state asking him to find votes to overturn the result of the election there. the 18 others indicted include people who were very close to mr trump in 2020. amongst them former trump lawyer rudy giuliani seen here on the left, with former white house chief of staff mark meadows on the right. there s also former white house lawyer john eastman, and a formerjustice department official jeffrey clark also here on the right. joining me to discuss all this is former federal prosecutorjoe moreno, richard painter, law professor at the university of minnesota and the chief white house ethics lawyer in the george w bush administration and the former communications director of the republican national committee doug heye.