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
That the unlawful enterprise that donald trump and his allies created to overturn the election was truly a national one. it was a national one that disproportionately harm the voters of georgia and violated georgia law. georgia prosecutors have charged mr trump and the 18 other defendants with election meddling but also, as we gestured for my colleague, sarah smith, racketeering just heard from my colleague, sarah smith, racketeering a charge that s usually used for organised crime. why? well, often times, there are criminal syndicates that may not necessarily all sit down at dinner time or in a pub and say, we want to especially enter in this agreement to do something unlawful. but rather you have a large number of people who are doing various different things that they know to be wrong but they don t necessarily know exactly what they are doing other than the fact that they are all working together for one unlawful and. so this law, georgia rico allows for the prosecution her