Will American democracy survive? After 30 long months in waiting Donald Trump is indicted for attempts to manipulate the 2020 presidential election results. Is justice served?
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.
Conspiracy - A secret plan to do something unlawful or harmful.
Subvert - Undermine the power of someone or something, or destroy something.
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.
Rendering - Causing something to become.
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.