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
I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our nations capitol onjanuary 6, 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 government, the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. The men and women of Law Enforcement who defended the us capitol on january 6 are heroes. They are patriots and they are the very best of us. They did notjust defend a building with people sheltering in it, they put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and a people. They defended the very institutions and principles that define the United States. Since the attack on our capitol, the Department Ofjustice Has remained committed to ensuring accountability of those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment. And o
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Who can really reveal at least from his perspective how trump was operating with the alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election. so pence has a sharper take against his rival, his former boss, with his statement. publicly governor desantis, the top rival in the polling to trump, and others are being critical of the justice department but what s more important is what is happening behind the scenes. when i talk to the rival campaigns tonight publicly they will criticise the justice department but privately i can t tell you, i could list at least a dozen of trump s rivals or opponents who are hoping, believing that what has happened today, an indictment onjanuary 6 could become an immense burden on trump s shoulders and maybe lead down the line to his campaign imploding as he deals with this deluge, notjust on 6 january but the classified records, hush money payments in new york, and georgia investigation. they hope because he is still clearly the frontrunner to be the republican candi