The Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili has said she will stay in post until new parliamentary elections are held.
Speaking to the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, she said she would retain her position and support ongoing protests against the governing party.
The fresh charge relates to the alleged sexual assault of a woman in a Manhattan hotel in 2006.
Greg Smith went viral with his account of the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. He speaks again to the BBC.
A teenage girl has been arrested over the alleged incident, which resulted in a crash but no injuries.