The Craziest Details From the Trump Georgia Indictment
By Margaret Hartmann, senior editor for Intelligencer who has worked at New York since 2012
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A Georgia grand jury has charged Donald Trump and 18 other people with engaging in a criminal conspiracy to overturn Joe Bidenâs 2020 victory in the state. The 41-count indictment, which was released late Monday night, says the former president and his associates âknowingly and willfullyâ joined a plot that involved âa common plan and purpose to commit two or more acts of racketeering activity in Fulton County, Georgia, elsewhere in the State of Georgia, and in other states.â
All members of the group â which includes former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Trumpâs personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, and advisers John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, and Kenneth Chesebro â were charged with racketeering. Each of the 19 defendants were hit with various other charges. Trump is facing 13 counts, which brings the grand total of charges filed against him in four separate indictments since April to 91.
The 98-page Georgia indictment lays out 161 acts that Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, and her team say the defendants took to further their criminal conspiracy. This includes numerous lies to elected legislators and state officials, the creation of fake slates of Trump electors, intimidating election workers, and breaching voting machines.
Trump and several other defendants have publicly denied the charges. Willis has given them until August 25 to surrender. Here are some of the wildest allegations from the indictment.
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