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
Congress, it was not a single decision congress, it was not a single decision that i had, without his chiet decision that i had, without his chief of staff, mark meadows sitting by his side. it will be meadows sitting by his side. it will be interesting to find out how will be interesting to find out how much mark meadows cooperated during this investigation. likely he was part investigation. likely he was part a investigation. likely he was part a lot investigation. likely he was part a lot of a lot of the conversations as is being reported post election and prior reported post election and prior to reported post election and prior to january six. i believe he was prior to january six. i believe he was present at the rally where he was present at the rally where we saw thousands get riled where we saw thousands get riled up where we saw thousands get riled up in much of the capitai~ riled up in much of the capital. i can tell you, i know what capital. i can te
Isn t like isis or worse than assad. that s why what why we have to think through what we want the post isis world looks like. nobody believes that assad is any kind of ruler that we would want to tolerate, but it may well be syria cease to exist as a nation. that an enclave as some have called it ruled by assad might end up one end state here. that s not very appetizing. but you have to ask if we decided that overthrowing assad was our policy, who we would we place him with that s a question i can t answer at the moment. i ve said what we need is a new sunni state carved out of syria and iraq. that may not be possible, either. but, i don t think we should take this simply one step at a time. i there it s very important now to think about these larger issues. because they will shape the middle east. and i think one element of that while we re on the subject is getting russia out of that air base at will he lett