Trump 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 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. The indictment marks the fourth time mr trump has been criminally charged this year. Lets take a listen to what Fulton County District Attorney fani willis said a short time ago. The indictment alleges that other than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to overturn georgias president ial election result. Subsequent to the indictment, as is the normal process in georgia law, The Grand Jury issued Arrest Warrants for those who were charged. I am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender
Of election fraud. Lets run through extracts of that call starting with the debunked claims from the former president about suitcases of ballots the president also made claims about so called dead voters. Brad raffensperger did push back in his call with President Trump heres a series of further extracts. And in the most explicit part of the call trump spelled out how many voters he needed. Stephen loosley an analyst in us politics at the United States studies centre in sydney laid out the legal dilemmas mr trump now faces. Its a very serious indictment for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is Racketeering Charge under Georgia State law and racketeering legislation is modelled on the Originalfederal Legislation is modelled on the original federal legislation that was designed to bring down the mafia. The problem that donald trump faces is generally a conviction under legislation in georgia leads to a prison sentence, it is not certain that is the probability. Secondly, mark meadows, th
a special report. an explosion at a petrol station in southern russia kills thirty people and injures more than a hundred. welcome back. donald trump has been charged with racketeering and a string of election crimes, in the american state of georgia. the charges relate to his alleged attempt to overturn his presidential defeat tojoe biden there in 2020, and carry a possible jail term of 20 years. at the centre of the investigation is a 67 minute call between the then president donald trump and georgia s republican secretary of state brad raffensperger where trump pressurised to overturn the state s election results citing debunked claims