The indictment names 18 of Mr. Trump's associates in this co conspiracy. They're accused of drawing up a scheme to manufacture a false slate of electors and tamper with election machines. This marks the fourth act of election interference by Crooked Joe Biden and the communist Democrats who are absolutely destroying our country, says President Donald Trump.
The former president has been hit with a new set of charges, under a catch-all racketeering act that has been used to prosecute everyone from rappers to teachers. It’s Mr Trump’s fourth indictment, but perhaps the most unusual. Ukraine’s new, surprisingly effective innovation: the “candy bomb” (10:10). And, the most expensive American cities to live alone (17:30).
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