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Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted on Monday evening by a Fulton County grand jury investigating the former president’s attempts to alter the state’s 2020 election results.
The charges mark the fourth major indictment against Trump in nearly as many months, and the second related directly to his actions during the 2020 election.
Mr Trump was charged with racketeering, filing false documents, and attempting to coerce public officers to violate their oaths, among other charges in the 41-count indictment, according to court documents.
Prominent allies including Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor, and Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, were also charged with crimes.
Just before the charges dropped, the Trump campaign railed against the Fulton County investigation.
“Like Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Deranged Jack Smith, and New York AG Letitia James, Fulton County, GA’s radical Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis is a rabid partisan who is campaigning and fundraising on a platform of prosecuting President Trump through these bogus indictments,” the campaign wrote in a statement.
So, what happens now for Donald Trump?
On Monday evening, Mr Trump was charged with violating the RICO Act as well as other charges alleging conspiracy, making false statements and filing false documents related to his combined efforts with 18 other named defendants in changing election results.
Ariana Baio has the details.
WATCH: Fani Willis announces arrest warrants for Trump and 18 co-defendants
Donald Trump has two weeks to turn himself in.
Here’s what Fani Willis had to say during a Monday press conference about the next steps in the bombshell Georgia investigation.
In full: The bombshell charges against Trump and his allies in Georgia RICO case
Donald Trump and members of his 2020 campaign legal team were slapped with a comprehensive list of criminal charges related to their efforts to change the lawful results of the presidential election in Georgia late Monday evening.
A wide range of charges were listed on the document, unsealed just before midnight after hours of work by the grand jury, containing more than 40 in total and climbing to nearly 100 pages in length.
District attorney Fani Willis spoke just before midnight, calling the efforts of the Trump team a “criminal conspiracy”.
John Bowden has the details.
Fani Willis gives Trump ultimatum on when he must turn himself in
Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis announced that arrest warrants have been issued for Trump and his 18 co-defendants and gave them a strict deadline to turn themselves in.
The Fulton County district attorney made the announcement after a grand jury handed up 13 felony charges against Mr Trump for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state.
These charges include RICO, conspiracy to commit forgery, filing false documents, Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer and more.
In addition, 18 Trump associates have also been indicted, including former White House chief of staff mark Meadows and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Graeme Massie has the details.
Fani Willis defends Georgia investigation amid fierce criticisms from Donald Trump
Fani Willis is pushing back against criticisms from Donald Trump that her Fulton County investigation into 2020 election meddling is politically motivated.
“I make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan,” she said at a Monday evening press conference. “We look at the facts. We look at the law and we bring charges.”
Mr Trump has spent much of the day tearing into the Fulton County investigation.
Fani Willis details Trump ‘conspiracy’ and announces deadline for arrests
Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis on Monday described the landmark indictment against Donald Trump and allies for attempting to alter the 2020 elections.
Ms Willis said the indictment alleged a “criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in this state” which had “the illegal goal of allowing Donald J Trump to seize the presidential term of office.”
The prosecutor announced a deadline of 25 August for the defendants to turn themselves in.
Fani Willis announces Trump charges at press conference
Fulton County district attorney is now speaking about the indictment against Donald Trump and his alleged co-conspirators, describing the findings as showing a “criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in this state.”
Read the full indictment against Donald Trump
Jurors found Mr Trump along with some of his allies including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell and Mark Meadows of “knowingly and willfully” joining a conspiracy to “unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump” in Georgia.
Each defendant is facing a specific set of charges unique to their alleged involvement.
Read the indictment in full here:
Former Georgia official says Trump case will reveal ‘whole trail’ of new information on 2020 meddling
Geoff Duncan, the former lieutenant of Georgia, testified on Monday in the Fulton County grand jury investigation that just hit Donald Trump with a raft of criminal charges.
The former official says the case will unveil a “whole trail” of new information about Mr Trump’s election conspiracies.
“There’s a whole trail of information that I think America is going to get to see,” he told CNN on Monday evening.
Here’s more on what Mr Duncan has said about the case.
Read the full indictment of Donald Trump in Georgia
Donald Trump and 18 others have been hit with serious criminal charges in Georgia, following an investigation into the former president’s attempts to alter the state’s 2020 election results.
Read the full indictment below, and follow Eric Garcia for more news on the bombshell investigation.
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