Trump, others indicted in Georgia over alleged election interference
Donald Trump on Monday was indicted on multiple state charges that he allegedly conspired to interfere in the vote tally in Georgia in 2020 and urged his closest allies to take steps that would overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the battleground state.
The sprawling indictment handed down late at night by a special grand jury in Fulton County marks the fourth criminal case Trump is now facing, adding more legal scrutiny on the former U.S. president as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.
Eighteen alleged co-conspirators — including Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, and other high-profile legal advisors and campaign officials — were also indicted for joining what prosecutors said was “a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favour of Trump.”
The charges include a count under the state’s RICO Act, an anti-racketeering law that is typically used to prosecute alleged criminal enterprises. Trump, who is facing 13 charges alone, and others are also accused of election fraud and forgery conspiracies, harassing election workers, conspiring to illegally obtain voting machine data, urging public officials to violate their oath of office, and lying to investigators to obstruct justice. The nearly 100-page indictment includes 41 felony charges in total.
Copies of the indictment were provided by the Fulton County Superior Court Clerk’s office with media outlets, including Global News, before being made public Monday night.
Many of the allegations against Trump in the Georgia case were included in this month’s federal indictment by special counsel Jack Smith, who oversaw a sweeping investigation into Trump’s multi-state campaign to remain in power. Trump has
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