BREAKING: A Georgia court has charged Donald Trump with trying to illegally overturn the 2020 election. It is the fourth set of charges against the former president. The court brought 13 counts against Trump and his associates. 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
According to Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act it is a crime to participate in, acquire or maintain control of an"enterprise" through a"pattern of racketeering activity" or to conspire to do so.
The scheme the charge relates to does not need to have been successful for it to be considered criminal.Several other people have been charged including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Trump's former lawyer and ex New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, another of Trump's ex lawyers.All the defendants were charged with racketeering, which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
The court in Atlanta sat beyond usual working hours as a grand jury decided whether or not to charge the former president.
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