News ‘An assault on this republic’: What the Jan. 6 charges Trump faces say about our democracy August 1, 2023August 2, 2023Josh Meyer, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘An assault on this republic’: What the Jan. 6 charges Trump faces say about our democracy The new indictment that Trump faces involves criminal actions he allegedly took as a sitting president to overturn the 2020 presidential election.