Former President Donald Trump is due to appear in court to face charges he led a wide-ranging conspiracy built on lies to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is scheduled to appear in a magistrate's courtroom at 2 p.m. MT in Washington, D.C., half a mile from the U.S. Capitol,45-page indictment on Tuesday
In a series of posts on his social media site, Trump framed the indictment as a contrivance to derail his campaign, while his campaign issued a statement comparing the Biden administration to fascist regimes. Despite his legal entanglements, Trump leads a field of rivals seeking the 2024 Republican nomination. Polls show Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a distant second among Republican voters, many of whom have embraced Trump's assertion that he is the victim of a Democratic witch hunt.
A spokesperson said Trump would fly from his Florida home to Washington on Thursday and land around an hour before his scheduled court appearance.Many of the allegations in Tuesday's indictment had been well documented in media reports and the investigation conducted by a U.S. House select committee.
On Jan. 6, as he spoke to his supporters before they attacked the Capitol, Trump said: "If Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election." Some rioters at the Capitol later chanted, "Hang Mike Pence!"
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