he also allegedly co ordinated a scheme to have fake members of the electoral college cast their votes for mr trump in georgia rather thanjoe biden, who won the state. and, mr trump s campaign lawyers also reportedly worked with a data firm to copy sensitive data from election systems in a georgian county. the most serious charge, violating the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act, is punishable by a maximum of 20 years in prison. the act is designed to help take down organised criminal syndicates like the mafia. former president trump denies all charges and has taken to the social media site truth social stating, the witch hunt continues, and claiming election interference. live now to daniel lippman, who is a reporter covering the white house and washington for the news website politico. talk us through these
mr trump is also accused of pressuring lawmakers. mr trump s team told them they had the power to decertify the state s electoral college results. he also allegedly coordinated a scheme to have fake members of the electoral college cast their votes for mrtrump in georgia, rather thanjoe biden, who won the state. and, mr trump s campaign lawyers also reportedly worked with a data firm to copy sensitive data from election systems in a georgian county. the most serious charge violating the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act is punishable by a maximum of 20 years in prison. the act is designed to help take down organised criminal syndicates like the mafia. former president trump denies all charges and has taken to the social media site truth social stating the witch hunt continues and claiming election interference.
that the unlawful enterprise that donald trump and his allies created to overturn the election was truly a national one. it was a national one that disproportionately harm the voters of georgia and violated georgia law. georgia prosecutors have charged mr trump and the 18 other defendants with election meddling but also, as we gestured for my colleague, sarah smith, racketeering just heard from my colleague, sarah smith, racketeering a charge that s usually used for organised crime. why? well, often times, there are criminal syndicates that may not necessarily all sit down at dinner time or in a pub and say, we want to especially enter in this agreement to do something unlawful. but rather you have a large number of people who are doing various different things that they know to be wrong but they don t necessarily know exactly what they are doing other than the fact that they are all working together for one unlawful and. so this law, georgia rico allows for the prosecution her