The former president is due to appear before a Federal Court On Thursday In Washington as Our Washington correspondent now explains. Chanting we love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime. But if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his 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 into helping him overturn the election results. The police are now running back into the capitol building. Hes not been charged with inciting the violent scenes of january 6th, but prosecutors have drawn a link. The attack on our Nations Capital on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its described in the indictment. It was fuelled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the us
It was a monday night, just after 8 30 eastern time when news broke that shook the entire country. Political had the once in a lifetime scoop about a draft opinion. Supreme court has voted to overturn Abortion Rights. We hold that roe and casey must be overruled, Justice Alito writes in a draft circulated inside the courtroom. That scoop, that headline changed everything. It certainly changed the course of the Midterm Elections. In that moment, the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed. It gave democrats over a month and a half a head start to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june. And on june 24th, the Supreme Court struck down roe v. Wade. The law of the land for nearly 50 years, they stripped away Reproductive Rights for millions in this country. Just six weeks later, the first test of Abortion Rights at the ballot box came in kansas. Voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendm
the report includes allegations that the former president, donald trump, oversaw, unquote, the effort to put forward fake slates of electors, in seven states that he s lost. this was released just over an hour ago, that outlines eight chapters. chapter, when the big lie. chapter two, i just want to find 11,780 votes. chapter three, fake electors, and chapter four, just call it corrupt, and leave the rest to me. remember from the public hearings, how? chapter five, a coup in search of a legal theory. chapter six be there, will be wild. chapter seven, 187 minutes of dereliction. alluding to what the president was doing well the attack on the capitol unfolded. in chapter eight, analysis of the attack. and yes, we are going through this line by line, for the findings. we report over 845 pages. we re also, here bringing you tonight the reporting, the analysis you need, to understand and contextualize, in light of what you heard from, on this late thursday evening here in washing
we hold that rowe and casey must be overturned, justice alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court. that scoop, that headline changed everything and it certainly changed the course of the midterm elections. in that moment the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed and gave democrats over a month and a half, head start, to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june and on june 24th the supreme court struck down roe v. wade, the law of the land for nearly 50 years, and stripped away reproductive rights for millions in this country. just six weeks later the first test of abortion rights at the state ballot box came in kansas. voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendment that would strip away abortion rights from the state constitution. in kansas of all places voters rejected that republican effort. people overwhelmingly voted to protect abortion right
it was a monday night, just after 8:30 eastern time when news broke that shook the entire country. political had the once in a lifetime scoop about a draft opinion. supreme court has voted to overturn abortion rights. we hold that roe and casey must be overruled, justice alito writes in a draft circulated inside the courtroom. that scoop, that headline changed everything. it certainly changed the course of the midterm elections. in that moment, the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed. it gave democrats over a month and a half a head start to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june. and on june 24th, the supreme court struck down roe v. wade. the law of the land for nearly 50 years, they stripped away reproductive rights for millions in this country. just six weeks later, the first test of abortion rights at the ballot box came in kansas. voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutio