robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting and for bike contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening and welcome to "washington week." for the first time in our nations history of former president stands accused of trying to reverse the results of an election. former president donald trump was back in washington, this time to up in a federal courtroom and plead not guilty to charges that he tried to undermine the bedrock of american democracy -- the transfer of power. there are four felony counts, conspiring to defraud the united states. conspiring to instruct -- obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring to deny american citizens the right to vote and have that vote counted. after appearing in court, trump says this is all politically motivated assault. >> this is a persecution of the person that is leading by very substantial numbers in the republican primary, and leading biden by a lot. >> that last part is