Trump indictment live updates: Trump departs Bedminster to DC court to be arraigned for Jan 6 charges

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee didn’t bother spending a single minute listening to testimony from a former business partner of Hunter Biden who he’d hyped up as a star witness who could prove many of the salacious allegations he and his Republican colleagues have levelled at the 46th president.

According to a transcript of the closed-door interview that committee members and staff conducted with Devon Archer, the convicted fraudster who once had a business relationship with President Biden’s youngest and only surviving son, Mr Comer was not among the Republican committee members who participated in the session.

Andrew Feinberg reports from Washington, DC.

A four-count federal indictment against Donald Trump accuses the former president of conspiring with his allies to overturn the results of a democratic election and deprive Americans of their constitutional rights in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.

Alex Woodward explains the charges.

How far can a president go to cling to power?

Authorities arrested Rally Runner, formerly known as Daniel Donnelly Jr, in St Louis, Missouri. Mr Runner changed his name because of his proclivity for running around the St Louis Cardinals’ stadium during home games.

Mr Runner is charged with obstructing, impeding and interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder.

The inflatable Donald Trump — wearing a sign saying “Loser” — says he can’t go to jail because he’s “too big and fluffy”.

A total of 31 months after a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol to try to stop the certification of the electoral college votes for President Joe Biden, Mr Trump is heading to a courthouse nearby to face criminal charges.

Rachel Sharp breaks down what is expected to happen…

The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg reports from the E Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse in Washington, DC.

For the third time, the “big problems” Donald Trump claimed would result from criminal charges against him appear to have not materialised at the courthouse where he will be arraigned.

Not far from where a riotous mob of his supporters assaulted police officers and ransacked the seat of America’s legislature in hopes of stopping certification of his 2020 election loss, only a smattering of pro-Trump partisans have made the trek to be present at his third arraignment in four months.

The Georgia lawmaker’s congressional campaign paid $55,020 to Lance W. Smith between June 2022 and May 2023, while he was managing websites for Mr Fuentes, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

Bevan Hurley has the details.

Persecuting him in the courts may actually give Trump the advantage in the presidential race, writes Mary Dejevsky.

The former president is on the move. Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he is now heading to Washington, DC, saying it is a “GREAT HONOR” to be arrested because he is doing it for his supporters.

I AM NOW GOING TO WASHINGTON, D.C., TO BE ARRESTED FOR HAVING CHALLENGED A CORRUPT, RIGGED, & STOLEN ELECTION. IT IS A GREAT HONOR, BECAUSE I AM BEING ARRESTED FOR YOU. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!