Will American democracy survive? Justice is served after 30 long months in waiting as Donald Trump is indicted for attempts to manipulate the 2020 presidential election results. Save your sighs of relief, say some.
Trump charged over bid to cling to power
Trump trumped: The indictment is a whopping 45-pages long and contains four charges against the former president. Glossary
Indictment - A formal accusation that a suspect has committed a crime.
Impeachments - In the United States, as in the UK and many other countries, elected representatives have the power to call for officials to be removed from office for committing a public offence. This is called 'impeachment'.
Federal - In the USA laws are made both by individual states and the federal government, which governs all states together.
Classified - Information that is labelled as top secret, only to be shared with certain people.
Capitol - The building in Washington DC where the US Congress meets. It was named after the Capitoline Hill in Rome.
Subvert - Undermine the power of someone or something, or destroy something.
Consequential - Important. Having serious consequences.
Obstruct - Impede or get in the way of.
Sordid - Immoral or dishonourable.
Watergate - One of the largest scandals in modern political history concerning President Nixon. Two journalists were pivotal in breaking the story: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
Mired - To be involved in a difficult or challenging situation.
Ignominy - Public embarrassment or shame.
Republican Party - Also known as the Grand Old Party or GOP, it is one of the USA's two major political parties. Its first president was Abraham Lincoln. It sits on the right of the political spectrum.
Disenfranchised - Deprived of privileges. One example is the right to vote.
Dogged - Determined and having lots of persistence.
Scapegoat - A person who is made to take the blame for the wrongdoings of others. The term originates from a ceremony during the Jewish holy day Yom Kippur, in which the sins of the people were symbolically placed upon a goat. The goat was then sent into the wilderness.
Rendering - Causing something to become.