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
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