Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
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โ Trump also wasย indicted in June on charges that he illegally hoarded classified documents
TRUMP INDICTED FOR EFFORTS TO OVERTURN 2020 ELECTION LOSS IN GEORGIA
Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury in Fulton County for meddling in the results of the 2020 election, which he lost in the state.
A grand jury voted Monday evening to bring a total of 13 felony charges against the former president, including violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, law, as well as violating his oath of office.
A slate of others were indicted along with Trump, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani โ one of Trumpโs attorneys โ as well as former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
The criminal case comes as Trump leads the field of Republicans seeking their partyโs 2024 presidential nomination. Itโs his fourth indictment this year, following charges in two federal cases, as well as a hush-money case in New York.
Trump famously called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffenspergerย on Jan. 2, 2021, and suggested the stateโs top elections official could help โfindโ the votes Trump needed to beat Biden. It was the release of a recording of that phone call that prompted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to open her investigation about a month later.
Trump has repeatedly accused Willisโ team of haranguing him over what he has described as a โperfect phone call.โ In the day leading up to the indictment, Trump posted to his Truth Social site that Willis โis using a potential Indictment of me, and other innocent people, as a campaign and fundraising CON JOB,โ adding, , all based on a PERFECT PHONE CALL, AS PRESIDENT, CHALLENGING ELECTION FRAUD โ MY DUTY & RIGHT!
