As you say, these are really wide ranging charges that are being brought against donald trump, and they cover all sorts of things, speeches, tweets, phone calls, meetings, all in the aftermath of the 2020 election. at that time he was trying to convince america he had won and convince officials in the state of georgia to help him overturn joe the state of georgia to help him overturnjoe biden s legitimate victory. the courthouse in downtown atlanta, where donald trump and his allies will be tried for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, on charges usually brought against mobsters that carry a minimum of five years injail. he has successfully made all the charges against him part of his campaign to be re elected president, claiming as usual this is a witchhunt against him, accusing the prosecutor of political motives. i make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. the law is completely nonpartisan. that s how decisions are made in every case.
Rico stands for racketeering, influence and corrupt organisations, which is a mouthful. it is a law that has been around in georgia since 1980, based on a law passed in 19705 since 1980, based on a law passed in 1970s originally intended for organised crime, all of the godfather, but in georgia it has been used extensively to prosecute public officials, including the current situation, and it has been used effectively, so the current prosecutor in atlanta, da willis is famous for successfully prosecuting teachers in atlanta who conspired to change test scores. and she got almost 100% conviction rate out of that. and she is currently using the rico law to go after a well known local musician who goes by the name young thug. the earri is his music
The next nine days between now and next friday, he has to present himself and surrender to the authorities in georgia. those charges against him will be formally read to him. the prostitute prosecutor there has said she was a child to take place in the next six months, which is right in the middle of the presidential election campaign and donald trump made it clear he intends to stand again for the presidency and as things stand he is leading the republican polls notwithstanding all the charges against him. notwithstanding all the charges against him- notwithstanding all the charges auainst him. . , against him. having reviewed this latest indictments, against him. having reviewed this latest indictments, how against him. having reviewed this latest indictments, how does - against him. having reviewed this latest indictments, how does it i latest indictments, how does it stack up to the other indictments the former president is facing? this is the fourth the former president is
The 13 charges against donald trump include racketeering, soliciting a public officer to violate their oath, conspiracy to commit forgery and conspiring to file false documents. his legal adviser, john eastman, and personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, are among the 18 others charged as part of the widespread criminal enterprise. donald trump now has ten days to surrender himself to the court here in atlanta, where he will eventually be tried alongside all his other alleged co conspirators in what will be a huge wide ranging trial. frankly, we did win this election. as he refused to accept defeat, trump and his allies focused on georgia, claiming incorrectly that thousands of fraudulent ballots had been counted forjoe biden, calling georgia s senior election official, asking to find enough votes to tip the state his way.
Glad to do that. if you trump so far. certainly, i would be glad to do that. if you don t - glad to do that. if you don t mind, i overheard your prior commentator, i overheard your prior commentator, i don t know who that was, but what was said i am fairly sure is incorrect. that is, on the one hand, i think we can expect the former president to try and move his georgia indictments to be heard in federal court in atlanta. there is federal court in atlanta. there is federal law that allows for that. but even if that happens, he is not going to be able to himself, just because the venue moves to a federal court. it is still state law, a state conviction, and he won t be able to pardon himself, won t be able to pardon himself, won t be able to pardon himself, won t be able to interfere with the prosecution. at least that is my understanding. prosecution. at least that is my understanding. 0k, thank you for that clarification. understanding. 0k, thank you for that clarification. so