18 others, including his then chief of staff, mark meadows, and his lawyer, rudy giuliani, have also been indicted. Mr trump has denied wrongdoing and has described the investigation as politically motivated. Its the fourth criminal case to be brought against him since he left office. Lets take a listen to what Fulton County District Attorney fani willis said a short time ago. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgia was Mike Whittall process for election challenges, 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 are charged. I am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday the 25th day of august, 2023. Earlier, Donald Trumps campaign issued a statement. Lets speak now to sean dilley, our North America correspondent, live from washington, dc
Is interesting if you consider the background to all of these cases that are ongoing. but these timeframes are going to be important. if you for the second underlying appoint the prosecutors have made that everybody is innocent until proven guilty, in any best case scenario for the donald trump all of the court cases will take him out of the campaign race while he sits in courtrooms are not speaking to people publicly. he will have to use them as a campaigning store, he has tried to within the limitations ofjudges are going to allow him to do but certainly despite seeing in alabama last week and it one more indictment to close election doubt this will be massive headache for him. thank ou so massive headache for him. thank you so much. massive headache for him. thank you so much, sean massive headache for him. thank you so much, sean dilley - massive headache for him. thank you so much, sean dilley and - you so much, sean dilley and washington. we ll come back to you if there are d