Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world, i am rosemary church. We begin this hour here in the u. S. State of georgia where a grand jury has indicted donald trump for a historic fourth time for allegedly trying to overturn the States Election results in 2020. The grand jury approved every indictment presented by Fulton County district attorney, fani willis, on monday. The former u. S. President has been charged with 13 counts in the indictment, including a Racketeering Charge, 18 others have also been charged under the states racketeering laws for allegedly joining, quote, a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome in favor of donald trump. Now, those names include several highprofile individuals from trumps time in office including former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows, Former Trump Attorneys Drew Giuliani and john eastman, and Top Justice Department official jeffrey clark, among others. Here is what Fulton Countys dist
More on our top story this hour, former u.s. president donald trump and 18 other people have been indicted in georgia over efforts to overturn the states election results. atlanta prosecutor, fani willis, a sa that she intends to try all 19 defendants together, including some of trump s lawyers and top aides. she has urged them to surrender voluntarily by friday, august 25th, so that they can answer to the 41 charges that have been handed down. every individual charged in the indictment is charged with one count of violating george s racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act, through participation in a criminal enterprise in fulton county, georgia, and i ll swear to accomplish the illegal goal
Outcome of georgia s election result. in a statement, trump attorneys call monday s events shocking and absurd. among the 18 others charged in the 41 count indictment, several trump lawyers, including rigidly one and former white house chief of staff mark meadows. giuliani is now reacting to the indictment, calling it, quote, an affront to american democracy. fulton county district paternity fani willis says that she will try all 19 defendants together and says that they must surrender to george authorities by friday, august 25th. here is what she had to say when asked about a trial date. for what is the timetable for the trial? as you know, in this jurisdiction, trials are set by the judges and so it will be the judge that sets the date of the trial. this office will be submitting a proposed scheduling order within this week, however that