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
Former vice president now running against his former boss for the republican presidential nomination while also serving as the key witness in an historic investigation of an attack against the united states in alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and if you read this indictment todayit if you read this indictment today it is so evident that the special counseljack smith and special counsel jack smith and his special counseljack smith and his team believe that mike pence has provided them with enormous value in terms of how they are building their prosecution. insight into what trump said behind the scenes, pensis trump said behind the scenes, pens is known to have taken contemporaneous notes in the post 2020 election period and provided hours of testimony to the grand jury now they have him as someone who can really reveal at least from his perspective how trump was operating with the alleged skimmed over time in 2020 election. so pence has a sharp attack against his rival,