An official proceeding. Obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The former president is due to appear before a federal court on thursday In Washington, dc, as Our Washington correspondent sean dilley 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 onjanuary 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its descri
of causing or allowing the death of a child. those were the pictures from the courthouse. phil mackie was at derby crown court for the hearing. there was high emotion at the end of their seven week trial, there were gasps and tears in the public galleries as those verdicts were read out a short while ago. one person had to be taken out of the court, they were so overcome with the news that jacob crouch s step had been convicted of murder and his mother of the lesser charge of causing or allowing the death of a child. there will be a safeguarding review into this case but first of all, it s a look at the background at what happened to jacob. a smiling asmiling and a smiling and giggling baby but during jacob crouch s short life he endured what was described as a culture of cruelty at the hands of his mother, gemma barton, and
fact that two other court dates are already on the calendar and you cannot have overlapping court dates. so they are going to have to work around that and i guess it will be sometime next spring. we are going into a spring that will be characterised by primary z then the general election after that, so all of these will be taking place at the same time. trump will want to persist as much as possible so expect a lot of back and forth about these dates are being set. fix, expect a lot of back and forth about these dates are being set.- these dates are being set. a final auestion these dates are being set. a final question on these dates are being set. a final question on political these dates are being set. a final question on political strategy. - these dates are being set. a final| question on political strategy. for republicans, i know it is a minority, but those that don t want trump and the democrats, what do you think the best strategy is, because largely, the democrats have le
donald trump has been indicted for the third time and sort of explains what was going on. he went, oh, and carried onjogging. i m not saying it s reflective of the entire american population but there is probably a sense of fatigue this is happening. it is important to remember not to get to number about the cases piling up against donald trump. this criminal indictment is probably the most single most important indictment handed down in american history, especially for a former president, accused of trying to overturn democracy, trying to subvert the election result in 2020. the department ofjustice has accused him of knowingly doing this. but they have a bit of a task, they have to prove intent, they have to prove donald trump knew what he was doing because of course he can argue that he believes that he had won the election. that he genuinely believed it had been stolen from him. but he is due to a appear in the court that he has been given the option to adhere virtually, wasn t an
stories in the uk this hour. cold calling to offer financial services or products could be banned under new government plans. the home office says fake scams cost the economy £750 million in the last year. the government will also outlaw so called sim farms which are used by criminals to send thousands of spam texts at once. the number of people missing payments on essential household bills like energy, phone and water is as high as it was over the winter, that s according to consumer group which. they estimate that around 2.4 million households missed at least one bill payment in the month to mid july. which also said 770,000 failed to make mortgage or rent payments. a court has ruled an american fugitive who fled to scotland after attempting to fake his own death to avoid prosecution can be extradited to the united states. nicholas rossi is accused of rape in the state of utah.