🇺🇸 The former US President has denied all the charges over payments made in an alleged attempt to cover up damaging stories in the run-up to the 2016 election ⬇️ Joe Duggan explains
During his defiant speech at Mar-a-Lago following his indictment in New York, he defended his call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in January, 2021, when he urged him to “find him votes”.
But the recommendation is just symbolic as only the US Department of Justice, which is carrying out its own probe, can level charges. Separately, a US Congressman is pursuing civil action against Mr Trump to hold him accountable for sparking the violence.The US Justice Department ha launched a criminal investigation into Mr Trump after classified documents from his timeCourt documents claim Mr Trump had rejected federal government attempts to recover the official paperwork for more than a year.
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