Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday, accused of scheming to illegally overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. It’s the fourth criminal case to be brought against the former president and the second this month to allege that he tried to subvert the results of the vote.
The indictment details dozens of acts by Trump and his allies to undo his defeat in the battleground state, including hectoring Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to find enough votes to keep him power, pestering officials with bogus claims of voter fraud and attempting to persuade Georgia lawmakers to ignore the will of voters and appoint a new slate of electoral college electors favorable to Trump.
“Trump and the other Defendants charged in this Indictment refused to accept that Trump lost, and they knowingly and willfully joined conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump,” says the indictment issued Monday night by the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
A slate of others were indicted along with Trump, including 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.
The indictment bookends a remarkable crush of criminal cases — four in five months, each in a different city — that would be daunting for anyone, never mind a defendant simultaneously running for president.
It comes just two weeks after the Justice Department special counsel charged him in a vast conspiracy to overturn the election, underscoring how prosecutors after lengthy investigations that followed the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol have now, two-and-a-half years later, taken steps to hold Trump to account for an assault on the underpinnings of American democracy.
Though the indictment is centered on Trump’s efforts to subvert election results in just one state, its sprawling web of defendants stands apart from the more tightly-targeted case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, which so far only names Trump as a defendant. The Georgia case also stands out because, unlike the two federal prosecutions he faces, Trump would not have the opportunity to try to pardon himself if elected president.
As indictments mount, Trump — the leading Republican candidate for president in 2024 — often invokes his distinction as the only former president to face criminal charges. He is campaigning and fundraising around these themes, portraying himself as the victim of Democratic prosecutors out to get him.
The indictment charges Trump with making false statements and writings for a series of claims he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other state election officials on Jan. 2, 2021, including that up to 300,000 ballots “were dropped mysteriously into the rolls” in the 2020 election, that more than 4,500 people voted who weren’t on registration lists and that a Fulton County election worker, Ruby Freeman, was a “professional vote scammer.”
(AP)
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Quelle surprise.
Unless they sever one or two defendants for seperate trials., this circus could go on for years. There are two ongoing conspiracy trials in Georgia which started 15 and 17 months ago respectively including nearly 6 months for voir dire so this case won’t get started for at least 6-9 months and wouldn’t be completed until post-2024 election.
Total fraud on behalf of these lying democrats.
America seems to be moving in the direction of their last days, last legs…..not being an American makes me smile and have joy…..truly these people have a nature that needs a big Patch….
If the US was a fully “progressive” country, such as Russia or China, they wouldn’t waste so much time. Trump would be convicted of being an “enemy of the people”, but on trial, and “cancelled” once and for all.
If Trump genuinely believed he won the election (and exit polling suggests he did, since exit polls didn’t reflect mail-in votes, something he clearly didn’t understand since he told his supporters not to use them), and that the election was stolen (a usual conclusion when absentee ballots give a radically different result than in person voting, even if this time there was a reasonable explanation), Trump’s actions were an exercise of free speech and there was no mens rea, and were therefore non-criminal, and it is unlikely the prosecution could make a serious case outside of a “blue” kangaroo court. But then again, “progressives” believe the criminal justice system should serve ideological goals, and justice isn’t one of them.
The best pay back if he wins 2024 !
I will laugh soo hard in Hilary’s face.
They are making the country so angry !
I don’t see it getting better any time soon.
Just worse.
Why are they allowed to constantly get away with this.
Okay, loads of indictments are in place.
Time for speedy trials and if convicted immediate imprisonment.
He is a flight risk and cannot be trusted on bail. Putin would happily take him in with the rest of his family of grifters
No Democrats will care to follow through with these cases after they’ve served their purpose, which is diverting attention from Desantis to Trump.
Question:
If the Democrats could cheat, would they cheat? And that is how you know they cheated. With the pipes breaking and 4 am 100% Biden ballot dumps, it’s a very rational conclusion to believe that the election was stolen from Trump. I feel bad for all the atheists that don’t believe in Rason Hashem.
Guilty as charged
Certainly nothing compared to Hillary denial of 2016 election & her temper tantrum blocking her from conceding
Certainly no worse than democrats contesting 2000 election
Bottom line:- We Deplorables even more resolute to simply do the correct thing, and vote for President Donald Trump שליט”א come 11/5/2024
Here are the 19 people charged in the Georgia case, according to the indictment.
Donald Trump, former US president
Rudy Giuliani, Trump lawyer
Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff
John Eastman, Trump lawyer
Kenneth Chesebro, pro-Trump lawyer
Jeffrey Clark, top Justice Department official
Jenna Ellis, Trump campaign lawyer
Robert Cheeley, lawyer who promoted fraud claims
Mike Roman, Trump campaign official
David Shafer, Georgia GOP chair and fake elector
Shawn Still, fake GOP elector
Stephen Lee, pastor tied to intimidation of election workers
Harrison Floyd, leader of Black Voices for Trump
Trevian Kutti, publicist tied to intimidation of election workers
Sidney Powell, Trump campaign lawyer
Cathy Latham, fake GOP elector tied to Coffee County breach
Scott Hall, tied to Coffee County election system breach
Misty Hampton, Coffee County elections supervisor
Ray Smith, represented Trump in the Trump v. Raffensperger lawsuit, which contested the 2020 presidential election outcomes in Georgia. Regrettably for Smith III and his client, the efforts were fruitless.
If he would of gracefully conceded as every president has done to date, there would be no question asto him winning in 2024, now there is a good chance he will win a cell in a prison. And only he is to blame if they have the goods on him.
maybe there will be 2 minyanim ashkenaz and sfard