here s the bbc s north america correspondent sean dilly who explained the charges and what is in the indictment document. quite a lot of details. there s also quite a lot of overlap between the unrelated or at least theoretically unrelated federal case that was held in the washington, dc courtjust maybe a mile up the road from where i m sitting now. now, in total, this 97 page indictment charges 19 people, that includes donald trump, with ricoh offences. racketeering. influenced organisations, corrupt organisations. and that s pretty significant because ordinarily this is the sort of legislation that is used to sort of attack mafia networks. nobody is quite using words that are as strong as that, and under georgia law, you don t actually need to show that there was a physical enterprise in place, but what s being alleged by fani willis, the prosecutor, is that donald trump and 18 others,
closely and bring you more on that as we get it. in the us, donald trump has been charged with attempting to overturn his presidential 2020 election defeat in the state of georgia. the former us president and 18 others have been indicted on a total of 41 criminal counts, issued by a fulton county grand jury. mrtrump is facing 13 counts including racketeering and conspiracy. the list of defendants includes mr trump s former lawyer rudy giuliani, former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, former white house lawyer, john eastman, and a formerjustice department official, jeffrey clark. the charges refer to the defendants as a criminal organization . the indictment document says mr trump knowingly and willingly joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in georgia and elsewhere. it s the fourth case brought against mr trump this year. this was the statement from
official, jeffrey clark. the charge sheet refers to the defendants as a quote criminal organization . the indictment document says mr trump knowingly and willingly joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in georgia, and elsewhere. it s the fourth case brought against mr trump this year. let s take a listen to what 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. subsequent to the indictment, as is the normal process in georgia law, the grand jury
katelyn polantz who is in miami. where trump aide walt nauta is expected to appear in court tomorrow. okay, so caitlin, tell us how will special counsel jack smith s team use this audiotape? well alison we know that it is something that he wants to use and it is something that he has described in the indictment and he is quoting it in the indictment document and that is all very much expected to come to life at the trial whenever that trial happens. right now we don t have a final date on it for the justice department wants this trial to happen in december. and when they do bring it to life there is still gonna be questions around exactly how it becomes part of the story that prosecutors tell in the courtroom to the jury. is one of these documents that trump is speaking about on the tape about iran s plan to potentially attack iran is that one of the 31 documents that he is charged with retaining in this case? we don t know.
you probably almost didn t believe me. i believed you. incredible, right? cnn has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting at donald trump s golf club in bedminster, new jersey. this is pan important piece of evidence in the indictment of donald trump over the mishandling classified information. let s get to miami where walt nauta is expected to appear in court tomorrow. how will jack smith s team use this audio tape? we know it is something he wants to use. it s something he described in the indictment. he quoted it in indictment document. that s xapted to come to life when we have a trial.