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Hush money to Capitol attack: A look at Donald Trump's legal woes
•An independent federal prosecutor, Jack Smith, will decide whether or not to charge anyone alleged to have "unlawfully interfered with the transfer of power" after the 2020 election or during certification by Congress of the results
US Capitol Riots: Four Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy
•The verdict against the culprits comes weeks after after a different jury convicted the group’s leader, Stewart Rhodes, in the mob’s attack that halted the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory
2024 Republican nomination: Trump vs ‘White Knight’ Kemp, DeSantis and Trumpism
Anindad •The race for the GOP’s presidential nomination heats up with rising chances of a cornered Trump contesting independently
Explained: How US is changing its electoral laws after 6 January Capitol riots
•The House and the Senate are set to pass an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act, the arcane election law that then-President Donald Trump tried to subvert after his 2020 election defeat
Donald Trump criminal referral: What the US Justice Department could do
•The House Select Committee laid out an ambitious plan for the prosecution of former US president Donald Trump and several of his associates. However, it is unclear how closely the special counsel’s office in charge of the Justice Department’s own investigation will follow the committee's path
Explained: The key takeaways from the final hearing of the 6 January Capitol attack
•The bipartisan committee of nine House lawmakers issued a 160-page summary of their findings on the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. It found that former President Donald Trump and some of his associates conspired against the United States and should be prosecuted
Televised hearings in Capitol riots case against Donald Trump to begin: Will America tune in?
•For the 6 January committee, the key question about Donald Trump’s involvement in the insurrection is: What did the former president do, and when did he do it?
A year after Capitol riot, Americans fear for their democracy, reveals survey
•According to two-thirds of those surveyed for a CBS News poll, last year's 6 January attack on the seat of Congress, led by supporters of Donald Trump, was a harbinger of increasing political violence in the US, threatening American democracy
Top official in Trump administration called Beijing twice to allay fear of the nations going to war, reveals new book
•Former president Donald Trump has said the official ought to be tried for treason if the report was true
China slams US over racism, inequality and pandemic response in annual report
•China issues the report each year in response to US criticism of its record on issues such as abuses against minority groups in the western regions of Xinjiang and Tibet and a crackdown on opposition voices in Hong Kong