Trump unbowed after indictment for bid to steal 2020 election

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump spun his latest indictments into a 2024 campaign pitch Wednesday, but faced withering criticism from his former vice president who accused him of relying on "crackpot lawyers" for advice. The twice-impeached Republican has remained defiant despite accumulating legal woes -- including the extraordinary 45-page indictment unsealed Tuesday, which argues that while still president he put the foundations of American democracy at risk by conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results. A key figure in the indictment was then-vice president Mike Pence, who provided pr...