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
Take, let s talk about the law, in more detail, what the president is, the former president i should say, is charged with in this case? figs charged with in this case? as our charged with in this case? sis your reporter charged with in this case? is your reporter explain, charged with four different felonies, all to do with his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, by fanning the flames of false accusations, of widespread voter fraud. of false accusations, of widespread voterfraud. 0ne of false accusations, of widespread voter fraud. one set of charges has to do with his efforts to corru ptly of charges has to do with his efforts to corruptly interfere with the official accounting and certification of the electoral votes in congress, which is how the winner of the presidential election get certified under the constitution. another set of charges has to do with the allegation that he conspired to defraud the united states by falsely claiming that the election results were