Former President Donald Trump and eighteen other people were indicted on criminal charges for alleging interfering in Georgia to overturn the 2020 presidential election. This is Trump’s fourth indictment.
In his first public statement, Trump said this is a “dark period for our country,” but vowed to win the 2024 presidential election and “Make America Great Again.”
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“Nineteen people were indicted, and the whole world is laughing at the United States as they see how corrupt and horrible a place it has turned out to be under the leadership of Crooked Joe Biden,” Trump said. (Poll: Will You Vote For Trump or Biden? VOTE)
Others indicted include former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Trump’s former attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeff Clark, John Eastman, among others.
Not everyone faces the same charges. The charges include violating the Georgia RICO Act—the Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations Act; Solicitation of Violation of Oath by a Public Officer; Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer; Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree; Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings; Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents; Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree; Filing False Documents; and Solicitation of Violation of Oath by a Public Officer.
Trump criticized Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis by saying, “The racist and corrupt district attorney of Fulton County, which has turned out to be a murder capital of the world with among the highest violent crime levels anywhere in our country, just opened a fundraising site in order to benefit off the things she most campaigned on, ‘I will get Donald Trump.’”
“[This] s a continuation of the greatest and longest-running Witch Hunt in American history,” Trump added. “This politically-inspired indictment, which could have been brought close to three years ago, was tailored for placement right smack in the middle of my political campaign, where I am leading all Republicans—by a lot—and beating Joe Biden soundly in almost all polls,” he said. (Trending: Records Reveal How Much Money Fauci Pulled In During COVID)
“Just like she has allowed Atlanta to go to hell with all of its crime and violence, so too has Joe Biden allowed the United States of America to go to the same place with millions of people invading our country, inflation, bad economy, no energy, and lack of respect all over the world,” he said.
Reporter Sareen Habeshian of Axios found that “a legal tool normally reserved for the Mafia and organized crime” is being used by prosecutors in Georgia who claim Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election. (Poll: Is CNN ‘Fake News’? VOTE)
Georgia’s expansive racketeering law, known as RICO, allows prosecutors to string together crimes committed by different people toward one common goal. In other words, critics say there is no evidence that Trump himself did anything wrong, but left-wing prosecutors want to claim others acted on Trump’s behalf. This overly convoluted strategy requires mental gymnastics, which ultimately reveals the true desperation of Democrats who hope to stop Trump’s 2024 White House bid.
A RICO case will be extremely difficult for lawyers because it’s difficult to develop a coherent trial strategy. Anthony Michael Kreis, a law professor at Georgia State University, said prosecutors will need to rely on co-defendants who seek deals in return for new evidence. “The defendants who are left standing without plea deals and grants of immunity may especially feel squeezed as the process goes on,” Kreis said. (Trending: Democrat Threatens To Leave Party In Scathing Statement)
Critics say Democrats are pursuing politically motivated criminal indictments in order to cause election interference as Trump is the 2024 Republican Party frontrunner. The possibility of charges in Georgia would be Trump’s fourth indictment.
Duncan claims Trump’s 2020 election activities in Georgia were “dangerous and pathetic.” Georgia prosecutors claim Trump attempted to overturn his loss in the Peach State. They claim to have evidence connecting Trump’s team to a 2021 voting system breach.
In Iowa, Trump told reporters he will never take a plea deal in Georgia. “Is there any chance you take a plea deal in Georgia?” a reporter is heard asking Trump.
“We did nothing wrong,” Trump responded. “We don’t ever take a plea deal. We don’t take plea deals. It’s a wise guy question. We don’t take plea deals because we did nothing wrong,” he added. “It’s called election interference.”
