Donald Trump entered the Elijah Barrett Prettyman courthouse near the Congress building where the attacks took place on January 6, 2021 in the capital, Washington DC, where he came under wide security measures.
As Trump is expected to appear in court at 16.00 local time, fingerprints will be taken, but no criminal record photos will be taken as part of routine procedures.
The charges of “conspiracy to deceive the United States”, “conspiracy to obstruct an official process”, “to obstruct and attempt to obstruct an official process”, “conspiracy to prevent voters from exercising their constitutional rights” and Trump’s accusations were read in his face. expected to be rejected.
Today’s hearing will be held before Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya, but is expected to be chaired by Judge Tanya Chutkan, appointed by former US President Barack Obama.
Chutkan has been known to give defendants even harsher sentences in Congress raid cases than prosecutors suggest.
Security measures have also been increased in the capital, Washington DC, where the former President came as a suspect this time. Members of the press, which are quite crowded, follow the developments in front of the court building from the early hours of the morning.
“I AM DETENTION FOR YOU”
In his post on his social media platform TruthSocial before coming to court, Trump said, “I am now going to Washington DC to be detained for challenging a corrupt, fraudulent and stolen election. It is a great honor because I am being detained for you. make it perfect.” used the phrases.
Trump argued that his treatment was unfair, arguing that Biden and his family had stolen millions of dollars, including bribes, from foreign countries. Trump claimed that his country was going backwards.
US President Joe Biden, who is on vacation this week, went on a bike tour in Delaware in the morning.
When asked by journalists about whether he would watch Trump’s trial today, Biden replied, “No.” had given the answer.
THE accusations against TRUMP
Former US President Trump on 1 August “conspiracy to mislead the United States”, “conspiracy to block an official process”, “to obstruct and attempt to block an official process”, “conspiracy to prevent voters from exercising their constitutional rights” accusations were brought.
The initial accusation against Trump is that he conspired to deceive the United States by cheating to disrupt and impede the state function in which presidential election results are collected, counted and approved.
The second and third charges in the indictment contain the allegation that Trump took action and attempt to prevent the congress from meeting on January 6, 2021 to approve the election results. In this context, the indictment includes examples of Trump’s statements during the process leading up to the attack on Congress.
Finally, Trump is accused of conspiring to use methods such as pressure and threats against one or more people during the voters’ exercise of their constitutional right to vote and count their votes.
In the indictment, which included the statement that Trump was “determined to stay in power despite losing the 2020 Presidential Election”, it was claimed that the former President was spreading lies about the election results and these lies fueled the raid on Congress.
The indictment mentioned six unnamed “collaborators” who allegedly helped Trump’s efforts to change the election results.
John Lauro, one of Trump’s defense attorneys, said the charges were an “attack on freedom of speech and political speech”.
CONGRESS BUILDING PRINTED
In the USA, far-right groups and former US President Donald Trump supporters stormed the Congress building where the session was held on January 6, 2021 to approve the results of the November 3, 2020 Election.
Five people, including a police officer, were killed in the raid. Former President Trump, who was on trial for impeachment for incitement to riot due to the raid, was acquitted in a vote in the Senate in February 2021.
Democrats in the House of Representatives formed a committee and began investigating the incident, despite the objections of the Republicans.
The committee concluded that Trump may have committed crimes such as “triggering, aiding and setting the stage for the rebellion”, “trying to hinder an official process”, “conspiracy to disrupt the US order”, “conspiracy by making false statements”. had arrived.
It was accepted by the votes of all 9 members of the committee to recommend that the Department of Justice be impeached for these actions of Trump.
CLAIMS AGAINST TRUMP
The latest indictment was recorded as the third but most important indictment against Trump.
In the 49-page indictment announced on June 9, Trump was also accused of taking classified documents with him while leaving his post at the White House and obstructing federal investigations.
Upon the indictment, Trump, who appeared before a judge in Miami on June 13, denied 37 separate charges against him.
Additional charges were brought against Trump, including on July 27, when he alleged that he instructed his aides and employees to delete security camera footage of classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago mansion.
Previously, Trump appeared before a judge in New York on April 4, due to accusations that he paid a “hush share” to a woman during the 2016 Presidential Election. (AA)