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Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted on criminal charges by a Georgia grand jury in connection with their attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential ...
Donald Trump and 18 other associates were charged Monday in Georgia as part of a sweeping indictment alleging they schemed to illegally overturn his 2020 election loss and stop the peaceful ...
The Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia that makes a form of racketeering a felony. [1] Originally passed on March 20, 1980, it is known for being broader than the corresponding federal law, such as not requiring a monetary profit to have been made via the action for it to be a crime.
These charges relate to a breach of voting equipment in Coffee County, Georgia. Influencing witnesses and attempts to commit this, and conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings. These charges relate to an attempt to harass and influence Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman.
The original charges related to writing memos and emails describing how Georgia and other states could "convene and cast false Electoral College votes". Politically liberal until around 2016, after earning his law degree he worked on prominent cases such as the Iran–Contra investigation as a deputy special counsel, and Bush v.
Donald Trump was named alongside 18 other defendants in a criminal indictment that alleges the group plotted to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the 2021 indictment against former Glynn County Police Chief John Powell and Brian Scott, his former chief of staff, was fatally flawed by technical errors.
The indictment lists 18 defendants in addition to Trump, all joined together by Georgia's unusual anti-racketeering, or RICO, law. Many of the defendants aren’t even based in Georgia.