Trump, allies charged with racketeering scheme over bid to subvert Georgia election
It is his fourth indictment.
A grand jury in Georgia has indicted former President Donald Trump and numerous allies on racketeering charges for a sweeping attempt to corrupt the 2020 election by subverting Joe Biden’s victory in that state.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis leveled the state-law charges Monday night after a two-year investigation. In addition to Trump, Willis charged former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and attorneys Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Jeff Clark, Ken Chesebro and Jenna Ellis, key figures in Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 election.
Willis charged the group with orchestrating a sprawling effort to disrupt the election, including by submitting false slates of presidential electors to Congress, making false representations to courts, misusing the power of the Justice Department and pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election himself.
It’s the fourth and by far the most wide-ranging set of criminal charges Trump faces as he seeks to reclaim the Oval Office in 2024. The indictment comes two weeks after special counsel Jack Smith charged Trump with a federal conspiracy to derail the transfer of power.
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Breaking: A grand jury in Georgia has indicted former President Donald Trump and numerous allies on racketeering charges for a sweeping attempt to corrupt the 2020 election by subverting Joe Biden’s victory in that state https://t.co/0tbANMgs2F pic.twitter.com/Nf7yNA89qG
— POLITICO (@politico) August 15, 2023
Former President Trump faces new charges in his fourth indictment this year, this time in Georgia, where prosecutors say he participated in a plot to overturn the state’s 2020 election results to stay in power.
Read Trump’s indictment in Georgia here: https://t.co/VxxmJB8hNa
— The Hill (@thehill) August 15, 2023
An Atlanta-based grand jury has indicted Donald Trump and 18 others on state charges stemming from their efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 electoral defeat. The indictment is the fourth criminal case that Trump is facing. https://t.co/jiy5EYMhWc pic.twitter.com/lMFY3iJhgw
— CNN (@CNN) August 15, 2023
Trump is not only indicted, his name is mentioned 193 times in the indictment, and the charges go out of the way to show Trump directly violated the law pic.twitter.com/XnimQyLzE6
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) August 15, 2023
These are some of the witnesses who testified to the Fulton County grand jury. Everyone on this list is a Republican.
Chris Carr
Pat Cippollone
Geoff Duncan
Boris Epshteyn
Michael Flynn
Rudy Giuliani
Lindsey Graham
Brian Kemp
Mark Meadows
Brad Raffensperger
Gabriel Sterling— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 15, 2023
When I worked for him, he constantly bragged about using it. It was his pride and joy. https://t.co/PPYWb7rsEc
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 15, 2023
They're going after Trump and Eastman for filing a lawsuit knowing that it contained factual claims that were materially false.
We knew about this one already bc a fed. judge forced Eastman to disclose emails to the Jan. 6 committee under to the crime-fraud exception. pic.twitter.com/MxjugUMbBd
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) August 15, 2023
Trump getting indicted, in part, for bullshit that he tweeted is chef's kiss perfect pic.twitter.com/sCTSSVHYRc
— Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) (@speechboy71) August 15, 2023
That’s the lede. Right there.https://t.co/4fp46TnOPr pic.twitter.com/9lItFWpwfR
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) August 15, 2023
Trump and Republicans wanted a crackdown on election fraud and, thanks to Fani Willis, that’s exactly what they’re getting. https://t.co/7lMMaQZE09
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) August 15, 2023
Good chance unindicted co-conspirator Individual 20 is Mike Flynn or Patrick Byrne. https://t.co/6AZ7qtqmhr pic.twitter.com/gjsIdQ1Sci
— Pete Strzok (@petestrzok) August 15, 2023
It won’t be 19 by the time it gets to trial.
Watch for the plea deals. https://t.co/z8XDOuJLk6
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) August 15, 2023
Last night’s indictment in Georgia means there’s now *seven* trials — four criminal and three civil — that Trump will likely be enmeshed in before Election Day next November.
Head to https://t.co/IyFXoE2pMt to explore our definitive guide to the key players and legal risks in… pic.twitter.com/xVPocOSk9P
— POLITICO (@politico) August 15, 2023
“This should be decided at the ballot box”
what nonsense: Trump breaks a bunch of laws to overturn an election and the only way to hold him accountable is for him to lose another election that he won’t concede (and round and round we go) https://t.co/ix6DPAoVM3
— Christian Vanderbrouk 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 (@UrbanAchievr) August 15, 2023
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