Donald Trump’s January 6 indictment: six key takeaways

The former president is facing several charges in connection with his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 elections

Donald Trump has been charged with several crimes in connection with his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, in a historic indictment that is deepening the former president's legal peril.

The charges, filed by the special counsel Jack Smith in federal district court in Washington DC on Tuesday, accuse Trump of conspiracies that targeted a bedrock function of the United States federal government: the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election".