A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state has returned an indictment, though it was not immediately clear against whom.
UPDATE: Link to the indictment which includes 19 total defendants charged under 41 counts.
One sort of low-key notable about this is that GA has a long history of being VERY aggressive with RICO rules. It tends to be unusually easy to get affiliated individuals all on the same charges by association in Georgia.
I wouldn’t place a bet one way or the other, but it would not surprise me if some or even all of the indictments are being applied to multiple conspiring defendants. And if that were the case, it would be odd for the organization’s executive to be walking away clean.
Donald sped this timeline up, his attack on former Lt. Governor Duncan saying he shouldn’t testify is the most likely reason they kept the courthouse open late and ran the rest of the witnesses today. It was also pretty much a forgone conclusion this was coming when that paperwork accidentally came out tonight, I’m interested in how these 10 charges differ from the charges that were leaked earlier today.
EDIT: From what the reporters asked the DA when she announced the charges, what was on the leaked document is the same as the indictment handed down. That means somebody at the clerks office must have jumped the gun.
I just don’t see how she is going to be able to try all 19 at one time. She was surprisingly nice to allow them over a week to turn themselves in, they must turn themselves in by noon on Friday the 25th unless they are on a no-fly list or something, that’s a lot of time for them to try and slink away.
The document leak from early today is going to give them something to grasp onto and scream about though. This entire indictment is a giant fuck you to all those slimy attorneys he surrounded himself with that encouraged the fake elector’s scheme.
Edit: I also don’t see any way she is going to get this trial started within six months.
For us who are not American, can you please explain what is meant by the indictments where returned?
Of course! A “grand jury” is essentially a group of citizens who decide whether there is enough evidence to accuse someone of a crime. An “indictment” is the document that lists the crimes that the grand jury is charging the suspect with, saying that there is enough evidence to try him in court.
So this is saying that the Georgia grand jury has decided to charge Trump (and an unknown number of others) with crimes linked in some way with interfering in the 2020 Election in Georgia. The case will now eventually go to trial.
Let me know if there’s anything that’s unclear (or incorrect I’m not a lawyer haha)
