Our washington correspondent, sean dilley, reports. We love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime and if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps 30 indictment is only likely to boost popularity with republican voters. The charges he faces though are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about election fraud, to trick and persuade states in helping him overturn the Election Results. Helping him overturn the Election Results. The attack on our nations Election Results. The attack on our nations i Election Results. The attack on our nations i january Election Results. The attack on our nations ijanuary six, our nations ijanuary six, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. It is described in 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 cer
He has been accused in this 45 page indictment trying to subvert the election results of 2020, of trying to overturn democracy. 0ne 2020, of trying to overturn democracy. one of the charges includes conspiracy to defraud the united states. mr trump has dismissed the indictment has as he has done with the two saying this is a witch hunt in the doj being weaponised by president biden in order to stop running for the white house, unsubstantiated claims he has made. the republican party i enlarge backing him, they did so with his previous two indictments, and we have seen his approval ratings 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 he still remains the clear front runner for the republican party s presidential nomination. an mp who was suspended for breaking covid lockdown rules has lost her seat