Donald Trump's Latest Indictment Will Present Him With Tougher Challenges

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Donald Trump charged with racketeering and 12 other felonies. Indictment paints Mr Trump as being at the center of a conspiracy to overturn Georgia's election results. The most famous piece of evidence in this case is a phone call that was made public where Donald Trump called Brad Raffensberger, who's the secretary of state in Georgia. John Prido: "The indictment is full of all bits of evidence"

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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