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
Georgia have charged donald trump and others with. on the face of it to be quite a bit of overlap in a separate federal case being prosecuted in washington, dc. where donald trump is already being charged with attempting to cheat the election, but this one has got slightly different nuances minute. it does focus on 2 january 2021, to the georgian top lawmaker with donald trump that he wanted him to find 11,780 votes. he sensed and recently yesterday described that as a perfect telephone call, clearly fani willis, the broker in the case, disagrees donald trump again repeating what he said another prosecution is that they ve had 2.5 years to investigate this and he is questioning the timing given the proximity to the election. in timing given the proximity to the election. the election. in terms of timescale, the election. in terms of timescale, tell- the election. in terms of timescale, tell us - the election. in terms of timescale, tell us what i the election. in terms of- timescale