Former President Donald Trump is due to appear at a federal courthouse in Washington later tonight.
Trump has been charged with four crimes of conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstructing an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights in connection to alleged attempts to oppress citizens in their right to vote in an election.
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It’s a 45-page indictment by the Justice Department, and this was after months of hearing testimony from his former aides and administration officials, including his deputy, Vice President Mike Pence.
The leading candidate for the Republican Party nomination says the charges are politically motivated to stop his bid to return to the White House in next year’s election.
Are these his only legal woes? No.
In New York, Trump faces 34 felony counts over allegations that he falsified business records to conceal hush-money payments to a porn star.
He’s also facing 40 felony counts in Florida for allegedly hoarding classified documents and obstructing the government’s efforts to retrieve them.
Trump is widely expected to face yet another criminal prosecution in Georgia, where a county district attorney is investigating the former President’s alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election result in that state.
Trump says his political foes will fail in their bid to get him.
But for those who oppose him, he needs to answer for his crimes, and the further he is from the White House, the better for the American nation.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
