Donald trump, now has ten days to surrender to authorities in georgia on charges tied to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. It will be his fourth time booked on criminal charges. He wont be alone. The 98page indictment names 18 codefendants, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. The 41 charges include racketeering and conspiracy. The atlanta area District Attorney fani willis says those 19 defendants in total plotted against the constitution which trump swore to protect and defend and abused the office, trump is of Course Running for once again. Cnns paula reed is at the courthouse in atlanta. Paula, this case is wider both in terms of number of defendants but also took a different legal path for charging this. Reporter thats right. A lot of key differences here. Not only in how its constructed. Fani willis pursuing a racketeering or rico case here. Rico laws were passed to dismantle organized crime. So shes charging former President Trump but 18 allies.
Votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. very thankful that you are here. when that call was made, willis had only been in office one day. ever since, she s been leading the charge on the investigation. been working for two and a half years. we re ready to go. reporter: ready to go, and in the process, ruffling trump s feathers. in georgia, the district attorney goes after me for a perfect phone. caller: call. she s a racist. those accusations of racism, unfounded. and biden s newest lackey, atlanta d.a., fani willis. reporter: despite it all, willis hardly seems rattled by trump s continued attacks. it s ridiculous in nature, but i support his right to be protected by the first amendment
Call trump has with secretary of state brad raffensperger after the election. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. very thankful that you are here. reporter: when that call was made, willis had been in office one day. ever since, she s been leading the charge on the investigation. we ve been working on this 2 1/2 years. we re ready to go. reporter: ready to go, and in the process, ruffling trump s feathers. in georgia, the district attorney goes after me for a perfect phone call. this woman is not a capable woman. she s a racist. this is a person who wants to indict me. reporter: those accusations of racist, unfounded. team trump included willis in this ad called the fraud squad. despite it all, willis seems rattled by trump s continued