Former President Donald Trump was indicted on four charges, including conspiring to defraud the U.S. and obstructing an official proceeding, in an unprecedented criminal case that accuses him of trying to undermine the 2020 election results and inciting the January 6 Capitol attack. The indictment outlines detailed allegations against Trump, accusing him of persistently promoting baseless election fraud claims even after being informed of their lack of merit. It further claims that he pressured officials in battleground states to overturn the election. When these efforts failed, he allegedly urged the Justice Department to claim election fraud falsely and encouraged his supporters to "fight like hell" during the January 6 Capitol attack. While over 1,000 individuals have been charged with the January 6 Capitol attack, Trump is among the first to face federal charges without directly participating in the riot.
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00:02 Former President Donald Trump was indicted on four charges including conspiring to defraud
00:06 the US and obstructing an official proceeding in an unprecedented criminal case that accuses
00:11 him of trying to undermine the 2020 election results and inciting the January 6th Capitol
00:15 attack.
00:16 The indictment outlines detailed allegations against Trump accusing him of persistently
00:20 promoting baseless election fraud claims even after being informed of their lack of merit.
00:25 It further claims that the pressured officials and battleground states to overturn the election
00:28 and when these efforts failed he allegedly urged the Justice Department to make false
00:32 claims of election fraud and encouraged his supporters to "fight like hell" during
00:36 the January 6th Capitol attack.
00:38 While more than a thousand individuals have been charged in connection with the January
00:41 6th attack, Trump is among the first to face federal charges without directly participating
00:46 in the riot.
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