Trump en route to Washington to face charges he tried to overturn 2020 election

Demonstrators protest outside trhe courthouse in Washington (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Donald Trump is on his way to Washington to answer charges he worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The former US president is set to appear in a federal courthouse just streets away from the US Capitol building that his supporters stormed to try to block the peaceful transfer of power.