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Georgia grand jury indicts Trump, 18 allies on ‘racketeering’ charges

Updated: August 15, 2023 at 12:57 pm EST  See Comments

Tue Aug 15, 2023 – 12:33 pm EDT

(LifeSiteNews) — A Georgia grand jury formally indicted former U.S. President Donald Trump Monday night, just hours after the court sparked confusion and outrage after posting and then abruptly deleting a litany of charges apparently filed against him.

The Fulton County grand jury turned in its 98-page indictment late Monday night, charging Trump and 18 allies with 41 counts in connection with Trump’s alleged attempts to pressure Georgia officials into tilting the 2020 election results in his favor – a claim his supporters have argued is inaccurate, and that Trump simply sought to identify and toss out illegal ballots.

Prosecutors utilized a racketeering statute which the Associated Press noted is “normally associated with mobsters” to bring the charges.

In a news conference late Monday night, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said the “indictment alleges that rather than abide by Georgia’s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia’s presidential election result.”

In addition to Trump, the other individuals charged in the indictment are: Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Ken Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Ray Stallings

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