The former president is scheduled to appear in D.C. court today to confront new charges related to his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
So far, his legal woes appear to have done nothing but help his bid to secure the Republican nomination for president in 2024 -- recent polls suggest he's running away with the race. So long as he continues to enjoy the backing of a majority of Republicans in Congress, Lebo said, it's hard to imagine him going to prison.
"It was fuelled by lies -- lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government and the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election." They quickly turned on Pence when they learned the vice-president, who was presiding over the certification process in the Senate, would not accede to Trump's demands that he reject Electoral College votes from six key states.