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
In your report, he says he will continue to campaign and continue to campaign and continue in his mission to become the next president of the united states. just explain to the global audience the impact it has on his ratings and popularity. we impact it has on his ratings and pepularity- impact it has on his ratings and popularity. we need to slit and popularity. we need to split that and popularity. we need to split that off and popularity. we need to split that off into and popularity. we need to split that off into his - and popularity. we need to| split that off into his ratings and popularity within the republican party and in the country more generally. we can show from the last election he is a polarising and divisive figure and he and joe biden did well at the last election and joe biden, no matter what donald trump says, did win the election. no matter what happens, with both parties, ultimately, what happens, they nominate to run for the presidency within their party
One possible mechanism to lay charges someone. one of the reasons the defendants in these cases sometimes don t appear before a grand jury is they exist to decide whether there is probable cause, which in the us the concept. is there a good reason to believe more than just suspicion that there could be a crime? that would be separate to any future trial. mr trump hasn t responded or given evidence as far as he s announced to that in any way. that would mean that any charger indictment, if that were to happen would be based on whether there is probable cause. if that were to drop the indictment, that could drop any time in the next few weeks was that itjust one of his many legal woes, weeks was that itjust one of his many legalwoes, by weeks was that itjust one of his many legal woes, by the way, unlike other cases have the potential depending on what the charges are to kick them out of the white house. it would depend on what those charges are, insurrection would prevent him from runni