Results in the state. Hes facing thirteen new charges, including racketeering and conspiracy. That brings his total charges to 91 and adding to a list that includes election interference, hush money paid to a porn star, and mishandling classified documents. Mr trump is hoping to be re elected president next year, and denies all charges against him. Our North America editor sarah smith has more. 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. Thats how decisions are made in every case. The 13 charges against donald trump includ
The claim that all these individuals were working together, even if they didn t have an express agreement. and, of course, we often think about rico as being a mafia type law where a lot is built to combat the mafia, but in georgia, it is a very wide sweeping lot and has been but in georgia, it is a very wide sweeping law and has been used for a variety of non violent criminals and nonviolent crimes. so fulton county prosecutors are very familiar with using it in these other kinds of contexts. what kind of punishment could mr trump receive if he is found guilty of these charges? the punishment for rico violations are very severe in georgia. if a prison term is imposed, a five year minimum sentence is required, the maximum sentence is 20 years in prison and a fine in the multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars is also possible. so the greatness of the felony counts here in georgia