Georgia Grand Jury Indicts Former President Donald Trump on New Charges: Allegations of Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election
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On Monday, a Georgia grand jury indicted former US President Donald Trump on a fourth batch of felony charges, accusing him of attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. The accusations, announced by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, add to Trump’s legal difficulties as the front-runner in the Republican presidential nomination race for 2024. Prosecutors charged Trump and his colleagues with 11 counts, including forgery and racketeering, which is used to pursue members of organised crime groups. Prosecutors charged 18 other persons, including Trump’s former White House top of staff Mark Meadows, as well as lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman.
Former federal judge and lifelong conservative Michael Luttig says Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to American democracy more than ever before:
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 9, 2023
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The complaint originates from a phone contact between Trump and Georgia’s top election official, Brad Raffensperger, on January 2, 2021, in which Trump asked Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn his narrow loss in the state. Raffensperger, however, refused. Four days later, on Jan. 6, 2021, and two weeks before Trump was set to leave office, supporters of the president stormed the United States Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Congress from recognising Biden’s victory. Willis also looked into an alleged Trump campaign plot to sabotage the U.S. political process by submitting phoney slates of electors, the people who make up the political College that chooses the president and vice president. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has accused Willis, a Democrat who was elected, of being politically motivated. In three criminal instances, Trump has already pled not guilty.
Now that Donald Trump has been indicted in Georgia for questioning the results of the 2020 election, I want to remind everyone that it was the most RIGGED election in American history
— George (@BehizyTweets) August 15, 2023
HERE'S PROOF:
The U.S. District Court found on Oct 11th, 2020 the Dominion Voting System that… pic.twitter.com/dim0n6N1i5
Georgia Claims That Former US President Donald Trump Illegally Attempted To Overturn The 2021 Election Results
On Monday, a Georgia grand jury indicted former US President Donald Trump on a slew of new felony counts, accusing him of attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. The 98-page indictment named 19 individuals and 41 criminal offences in total. All of the defendants have been charged with racketeering, a criminal that targets members of organised crime groups and carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years. Among the other defendants were Trump’s former White House top of staff Mark Meadows, as well as lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman. Trump and the other defendants in this indictment “refused to accept that Trump had lost, and they knowingly and willfully committed an unlawful conspiracy to change the outcome of the election in Trump’s favor,” according to the indictment. The accusations, announced by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, add to Trump’s legal difficulties as the front-runner in the Republican presidential nomination race for 2024. The complaint originates from a phone contact between Trump and Georgia’s top election official, Brad Raffensperger, on January 2, 2021, in which Trump asked Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn his narrow loss in the state. Raffensperger, however, refused.
Four days later, Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol in a futile attempt to prevent Congress from certifying Biden’s victory. The indictment lists a series of offences committed by Trump or his aides, including fraudulently testifying to lawmakers about election fraud and pushing state officials to break their oaths of office by manipulating election results. Prosecutors also mentioned a voting system breach in a rural Georgia county and the intimidation of an election worker who became the subject of conspiracy theories. It also includes an alleged attempt to sabotage the U.S. political process by submitting phoney slates of electors, or members of the political College who vote on the president and vice president. The indictment claims that Trump advisers, particularly Giuliani and Meadows, advanced the conspiracy by contacting officials in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and other states in an attempt to influence the outcome in those states. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has accused Willis, a Democrat who was elected, of being politically motivated. In three criminal instances, Trump has already pled not guilty. He faces a state trial in New York on March 25, 2024, concerning a hush money payment to a porn star, and a federal classified papers trial in Florida on May 20. Trump pleaded not guilty in both counts.
