Georgia indicts Trump and 18 allies in election interference case
The Georgia grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump returned the indictments on election fraud, racketeering and other charges.
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The Georgia grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump returned the indictments on election fraud, racketeering and other charges.
District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Donald Trump and his fellow defendants to voluntarily surrender in the next two weeks in response to the indictment handed down Monday night against the former president. And Willis proposes holding a trial within the next six months. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion and CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa have more on the case.
While RICO cases are nothing new in Fulton County, pursuing such a case against a former president is unprecedented.
The Georgia grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump returned indictments around 9 p.m. ET, but details and the defendants have not yet been made public. At this time, it is not known whether the 10 indictments all relate to the Trump election interference case since the grand jury hears multiple matters.
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis said late Monday that former President Donald Trump and 18 allies who were indicted by a grand jury have until noon ET on Friday, Aug. 25 to turn themselves in or an arrest warrant will be issued. Willis addressed reporters shortly after a grand jury indicted Trump and 18 others on 41 counts, including 13 against Trump, of election fraud, racketeering and other charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, has indicted former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen of his associates with election fraud, racketeering and other charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The filing lists 41 total counts for 19 total defendants and the grand jury charges the defendants with "the offense of violation of the Georgia RICO Act for the said accused."
Former President Donald Trump faces a possible indictment in the Georgia 2020 election investigation. According to reports, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has begun presenting the case to a grand jury, with multiple witnesses spotted at the courthouse on Monday. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
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