US special counsel says Trump 'resorted to crimes' to overturn 2020 election

This post was originally published on France24

Just over a month before the 2024 presidential election, the special counsel overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference trial revealed a sweeping 165-page motion alleging the former US president is not entitled to presidential immunity for his role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, saying his “scheme was fundamentally a private one”.