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Added on the 17/06/2022 13:31:17 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Lawmakers probing the 2021 attack on the US Capitol vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify on his involvement in the violence. IMAGES
Donald Trump slams his New York criminal trial as an "assault on America." "It's a case that should have never been brought," the former president says as he arrives at a Manhattan court for his historic hush money trial. IMAGES
Special counsel Jack Smith announces that Donald Trump has been indicted over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election -- the most serious legal threat yet to the former president as he campaigns to return to the White House. Trump is charged with four counts in the 45-page indictment brought by Smith, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. SOUNDBITE
Senate Republican Mitch McConnell delivers a scathing criticism of Donald Trump despite voting to acquit the former president on an impeachment charge, saying he was "responsible" for the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. SOUNDBITE
Police in riot gear stand guard outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building in a bid to overturn the election. After calling for "peaceful" protest earlier Wednesday, Trump later told his supporters to "go home." IMAGES
As Donald Trump supporters defy a Washington, DC curfew and confront law enforcement hours after they stormed Congress, police use kettling to control the crowd, a controversial technique in which officers form large cordons to congregate protesters in a smaller area. IMAGES