Atlanta (VG) The former president of the United States has been indicted for the fourth time. Georgia’s attorney general believes he tried to change the state’s election results.
- An indictment has been issued against former US President Donald Trump for the fourth time. In Georgia, he has now been accused of trying to change the election results in 2020.
- Nineteen people have been charged in the case, including former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
- The indictment is based on the investigation by District Attorney Fanny Willis, and contains 11 counts.
- Trump denies any criminal offense. The indictment is believed to be politically motivated and claims that Willis attempted to influence the upcoming presidential election in 2024.
After several conflicting reports on Monday, confirmation came that a grand jury in the state of Georgia decided to indict Donald Trump.
Democrat Joe Biden narrowly beat Trump and the Georgia Republicans in 2020 — which Trump did, according to the latest indictment. Will not accept.
indictment It is based on the work of Attorney General Fannie Willis, who investigated election fraud and attempts to change election results in Georgia.
According to Reuters, the indictment against Trump consists of 11 counts.
Another 18 people have been indicted in the same case – including former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
– They took part in a criminal conspiracy to change the election results in this state in 2020, Willis says at a press conference early Tuesday morning, Norwegian time.
The attorney general said Trump has until August 25 to surrender voluntarily.
This is the fourth time that Donald Trump has been charged.
Watch: – Unfortunately, I wasn’t surprised
VG outside a courtroom in Atlanta on Tuesday night, as the indictment was handed over to Judge Robert McBurney.
Here we meet freelance journalist George Sheedy. He’s the man who exposed the meeting of the much-publicized fake voters — the people allegedly recruited by Trump’s inner circle to try to change the outcome of the election.
– When I came and saw what was going on, I thought ‘how long do I have before they kick me out,'” he told VG after being one of Monday’s most important witnesses.
Unfortunately, I am not surprised that someone would attack our democracy in this way. This whole case shows how damaged and fragile our democracy is. This is why I testified today, he continues.
Al-Shidi is not allowed to elaborate on the testimony, but it is known that he followed a Republican politician, thus exposing the attempted political conspiracy.
This is what Trump is accused of
- One of the most important points in the indictment against Trump is that he called on Republican Administration Secretary Brad Raffensperger to change the outcome of the elections in the state.
“You should find 11,780” votes, Trump student. Raffensperger refused, and came up with an audio recording of the conversation.
- Another point is that Trump’s cronies are said to have recruited fake voters in seven different states who were supposed to tilt the election in Trump’s favour.
According to the plan, voters should have voted for Trump as the new president, even though Biden had already won the election. In Georgia, the evidence for this is particularly strong.
The first two points are also part of the case where Trump stayed at the beginning of August accused of attacking American democracy at the federal level.
- There is a third point that is unique to the Georgia case: The attorney general believes that Trump knew of an illegal attempt to gain access to the coffee county electoral district.
It was initially believed that Trump supporters acting on their initiative are behind this, however According to CNN The attorney general must have evidence that those close to Trump were behind the plan, and that he was present when it was discussed in the White House.
Donald Trump is the front-runner to become the Republican presidential nominee in the next election in 2024.
Unlike the federal cases against him, he wouldn’t have the opportunity to try to pardon himself in a statewide case — even if he were to be elected president.
He will use the “mafia bosses law”
Georgia’s attorney general also worked to include charges such as racketeering and corruption, which are linked to a criminal network, in the indictment against Donald Trump.
It used the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), a US federal law that provides for severe penalties for criminal acts committed in connection with a criminal organization.
So Willis believes that Trump was aware of all the alleged illegal attempts to change the results of the elections in Georgia.
The law is usually used against mafia bosses, but Willis has made a name for himself previously by using the law against, among other things, a network of teachers who cheated on test results at a private school.
Trump himself claims that the charges against him are politically motivated.
His attorneys Drew Findling, Jennifer Little and Marissa Goldberg wrote in a statement to CNN that they believe Monday’s events are horrific and unconscionable.
They describe the grand jury as one-sided, writing that they believe the indictment was rushed through the system after the leak earlier Monday.
– President Trump will continue to get his way through the abuse of power, according to his campaign in statement after the indictment became known.
In a statement issued earlier on Tuesday evening, they called the indictment “nonsense” and claimed it was an attempt to interfere with the upcoming US presidential election in 2024.
Willis strategically delayed his investigation in an effort to influence the 2024 presidential election and damage the Trump campaign as much as possible. They write that all these corrupt attempts by the democrats will fail.
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