Donald J. Trump is faces felony counts in the State of Georgia regarding Trump and his allies illegally seeking to overturn the state’s election results.
If Trump is charged it will mark his fourth Indictment in five months and the second to arise from his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election.
Trump was charged with 13 counts, including violating the state’s racketeering act, soliciting a public officer to violate their oath, conspiring to impersonate a public officer, conspiring to commit forgery in the first degree and conspiring to file false documents.
Among those named in the sweeping indictment, charged under Georgia’s anti-racketeering law, are Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who served as Trump’s personal attorney after the election; Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows; and several Trump advisers, including attorneys John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, architects of a scheme to create slates of alternate Trump electors.
Also indicted were two Georgia-based lawyers advocating on Trump’s behalf, Ray S. Smith II, and Robert Cheeley; a senior campaign adviser, Mike Roman, who helped plan the elector meeting; and two prominent Georgia Republicans who served as electors: former GOP chairman David Shafer and former GOP finance chairman Shawn Still.
Several lesser known players who participated in efforts to reverse Trump’s defeat in Georgia were also indicted, including three people accused of harassing Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman. They are Stephen Cliffgard Lee, Harrison Floyd and Trevian Kutti. The latter is a former publicist for R. Kelly and associate of Kanye West.
A final group of individuals charged in the indictment allegedly participated in an effort to steal election-equipment data in rural Coffee County, Ga. They are former Coffee County elections supervisor Misty Hampton, former Coffee County GOP chair Cathy Latham and Georgia businessman Scott Hall.
9:30pm EST: Georgia Grand Jury returns 10 Indictments; Awaiting Unsealing
10:54pm EST: Trump indictment is unsealed
10:57pm EST: Former President Trump and 18 co-defendants have been charged altogether with more than 41 counts in Georgia’s 2020 election probe (19 Total Charged)
11:05pmEST: Fulton County DA will be speaking live.
11:05pm EST: Those charged Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Ray S. Smith III, Robert Cheeley, Mike Roman, David Shafer, Shawn Still, Stephen Cliffgard Lee, Harrison Floyd, Trevian Kutti, Misty Hampton, Cathy Latham, and Scott Hall
11:10pm EST: Read the full indictment
11:30pm EST: Awaiting Fulton County DA to speak
11:38pm EST: Fulton County DA press conference
11:45pm EST: Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis states that there will be no probation, and the minimum sentence is jail time.
She described the landmark indictment against Donald Trump and allies for attempting to alter the 2020 elections. Ms Willis said the indictment alleged a “criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in this state” which had “the illegal goal of allowing Donald J Trump to seize the presidential term of office.”
The prosecutor announced a deadline of 25 August for the defendants to turn themselves in.
11:50pm EST: All 19 will be tried together.
Sources:
Reuters: Georgia court website briefly publishes, removes document about potential Trump charges
Rolling Stone: Trump’s ‘Co-Conspirators’ Are Already Starting to Turn on Each Other
NBC News: Fulton County grand jury returns 10 indictments in 2020 election probe for Georgia
The Independent: Trump campaign launches sprawling attack as Georgia grand jury hands down indictments
MSNBC: Hillary Clinton tells Rachel Maddow: Trump indictments mean ‘the system is working’
Washington Post: Trump charged in Georgia 2020 election probe, his fourth indictment
This seemed to be popular information when I posted it (ahem) “elsewhere”. Thought it might be welcome to have here.
If you’re trying to keep track of where we’re at in the Trump prosecutions:
Updated 9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 PM Pacific 8/14/2023
Georgia
10 State Indictments
Election Interference
Investigation
Indictment - <- You Are Here
(Waiting for it to be unsealed)
(I’m being told it can take up to 3 hours, so Midnight Eastern / 9 PM Pacific)
Arrest
Trial
Conviction
SentencingWashington, D.C.
4 federal felonies
January 6th Election Interference
Investigation
Indictment
Arrest <- You Are Here
(DOJ lawyer Jack Smith has requested a trial date of 1/2/2024, Trump lawyers have yet to supply a counter date. The judge will announce a final date on 8/28)
Trial
Conviction
SentencingNew York
34 state felonies
Stormy Daniels Payoff
Investigation
Indictment
Arrest <- You Are Here
Trial - March 25th, 2024
Conviction
SentencingFlorida
40 federal felonies
Top Secret Documents charges
Investigation
Indictment
Original indictment was for 37 felonies.
3 new felonies were added on July 27, 2023.
Arrest <- You Are Here
Trial - May 20, 2024
Conviction
SentencingOther grand juries, such as for the documents at Bedminster, have not been announced.
The E. Jean Carroll trial for sexual assault and defamation where Trump was found liable and ordered to pay $5 million before immediately defaming her again resulting in a demand for $10 million is not listed as it’s a civil case and not a crimimal one.
I believe it was announced that all charged individuals have until the 25th to turn themselves in. Might be a good note under the Arrest section of the Georgia case.
19 people on trial at the same time in the same courtroom is going to be wild.
I hope Rudy farts on Jenna Ellis again
Especially those 19; here’s a recap of the December 18, 2020 meeting that some of the group attended:
‘Unhinged’: At Trump Oval Office meeting, shouting nearly devolved to blows
The argument devolved into a screaming match, both sides testified. At some point, alcohol began “flowing” in the outer Oval Office, White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified. “The west wing is UNHINGED,” she texted someone.
“The screaming was completely — completely out there. … I’m telling them to shut the F up. I mean, it really was unprecedented,” Herschmann said. “It was late at night, and it had been a long day. And what they were proposing, I thought, was nuts.”
Giuliani resorted to name calling, saying the White House legal team was “not tough enough.”
“Or maybe I put it another way: You’re a bunch of p------ — excuse the expression — I’m almost certain the word was used,” Giuliani told the panel.
Flynn and Herschmann nearly got into a physical altercation. A retired Army lieutenant general, Flynn screamed at Herschmann that he was “a quitter,” Herschmann said.
“He kept on standing up and turning around and screaming at me,” Herschmann recounted to the committee. “And at a certain point, I had it with him. So I yelled back: ‘Either come over or sit your f’ing ass back down.’”
The right to vote is sacred, our elections are sacred. People have thrown themselves against overwhelming force to have this right, they’ve bled for it, they’ve died for it, they’ve killed for it.
This is not a part of the game. This is not just politics. If you fuck with our vote, you will get fucked back, one way or another.
The tastiest part here: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act carries a minimum five year prison term. If you are convicted of racketeering in Georgia, you are going to prison.
Lock him up!
Another tasty little tidbit I just learned after reading the wikipedia for the RICO act: Trump’s team should be very familiar with it because Rudy Guiliani used it in the 80s to bring down a bunch of New York Mafia guys. It’s apparently fairly easy to argue RICO in court because you just have to prove a pattern of behavior.
Giuliani used the federal version of the law, which I gather is weak compared to the Georgia version.
IF they actually get to a trial with living witnesses who haven’t been intimidated into silence, it could be really bad for him.
They’re about to YSL/Young Thug the shit out of trump? 😂😂😂
And Trump won’t even have sick ass lyrics for the judge to say in court
It is eerily silent over on Truth Social.
Just Kidding!
Bolding is mine. Hmmm, I wonder who they are?
conspiracy. Act 97. On or about the 27th day ofDecember2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP solicited Acting United States Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and Acting United States Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue to make a false statement by stating, "Just say that the election was corrupt, and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen." This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
OMG HURRY THE FUCK UP!
It has been almost
fourthree years since he left office. He’s 77 years old. He’s by no means a healthy person. He might die of old age before he gets sentenced of anything.The fact that the response happens
fourthree years AFTER he loses office does not inspire confidence in the system.The message being conveyed here is “If you fail to take this country by force, we’ll give you a
fourthree year head start”.Prosecutors: slaps orange cheetoh “This obese turd can fit so many indictments in it”
Desperation, wtf are Marquess of Queensberry rules?
On or about the 5th day of January 2021, DONALD JOHN TRUMP met with Vice President Mike Pence in the Oval Office at the White House. During the meeting, DONALD JOHN TRUMP stated that Pence had the power to decertify the November 3, 2020, presidential election results, that people cheated, and that Pence wanted to “play by Marquess of Queensberry rules.” When Pence stated that it was his duty to support and defend the Constitution and that only Congress had the powerto decide to reject slates of presidential electors, DONALD JOHN TRUMP stated that Pence was naive, implied that he lacked courage, and stated that Pence was doing “a great disservice.” This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
Old timey boxing rules. Trump wanted a knock down, drag out, no holds barred street fight. Pence:
https://www.britannica.com/sports/boxing/The-Queensberry-rules
“The Queensberry rules differed from the London rules in four major respects: contestants wore padded gloves; a round consisted of three minutes of fighting followed by a minute of rest; wrestling was illegal; and any fighter who went down had to get up unaided within 10 seconds—if a fighter was unable to get up, he was declared knocked out, and the fight was over.”
Reading through all of the acts and when he says stuff like I quoted, makes me realize how much he knew and planned. I knew he was in on it, but I wasn’t sure there would be proof since he had people to take the fall for him. Almost all of his “crazy” tweets were threats, a mob boss indeed.
Wow, an actual RICO case/indictment that’s not an organized crime family (like old school Italian and Irish mobs)
Also, hate how I recognized it was RICO even though GA district attorney used the full name in press release.
(https://www.popehat.com/2016/06/14/lawsplainer-its-not-rico-dammit/)
They worked like an organized crime family. They were focused on secrecy, loyalty, destroyed lots of evidence, broke laws all over the place, and used patsies and “won’t someone rid me of this meddlesome priest” language all over the place. I’m sure he learned it all from his old buddy Roy Cohn. I hope we saw some consequences from this scum bringing this criminal behavior into the White House so blatantly and messing with our already fragile democracy.
Wait, you think that a New York real estate developer who made his money in the 1980s and '90s isn’t part of the mob?
Boy do I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you…
Do you guys think Kushner, Don “tweedle D” jr., Eric “tweedle dumb,” and/or Ivanka flipped? Who else not listed could’ve flipped?
The two-page document cites the “Violation Of The Georgia Rico (Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations) Act,” “Solicitation Of Violation Of Oath By Public Officer,” “Conspiracy To Commit False Statements and Writings” and “Conspiracy To Commit Forgery in the First Degree,” among other charges listed.
RICO charges my goodness.
Also notable that state charges can’t be pardoned by the President, and while the Georgia governor may be a Republican, he doesn’t have pardon power either, there is a pardon board.
And as someone else said, mandatory 5 year minimum jail time for RICO, so a real non-zero chance the President of the United States in 2024 is sentenced to jail in Georgia for his entire term?
Georgia passed a law allowing them to remove a DA, I expect that will come into play here.
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Is this happening? Like, is he going to be arrested? Can he slip out of this and delay shit like he always does? Some corrupt judge or shitty ass rich person privilege? ELI5, pls.
Yes, all 19 will be arrested. This is Trump’s fourth arrest.
Cool. What are the next steps? I’m just wondering if he can slime his way out of it. I’m sure some of them will.
Can people stop asking these questions and pay attention? This is the only former president to be arrested. Ever. This shit is Jeopardy level historic.
Presenter: “This former president was the only one to be arrested, having been indicted 9 times and convicted of more than 150 offenses.”
Contestant: “Who is Donald J Trump?”
Presenter: “Correct. We also would have accepted ‘That fat fuck’ or 'The guy they had to dump into the sea to prevent people from urinating on his grave.”
Technically 2nd. Grant was arrested originally for speeding in his horse and carriage.
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/03/1167683136/ulysses-s-grant-was-the-first-president-to-be-arrested
He bail skipped and lost $20.
This will be the 4th time he’s been arrested. He has until 8/25 to turn himself in.
Bro I keep seeing these kinda news but the question is will he ever go to jail?
No. He’s rich, old, white and an ex president. The system is designed for people like him to not go to jail. The government would also never allow an rec president to be in jail.
The most we can hope is him being kept busy with all these court cases till he dies from a big Mac. But he will never ever be in jail, and I think people need to accept that.
Yeah, more indictments are fine, but I am not celebrating until he is in jail.
Odds are low hell be imprisoned. Likely no jail time either. He’s a low flight risk and will definitely have the money for bail. He’s the former president of the United States. He’ll likely face house arrest for the rest of his life if I had to guess. He deserves prison, but he likely won’t get what he deserves.
(He could potentially face the death penelty for treason though, but I highly doubt that too.)
Man he’ll be in house arrest for a week tops in some vacation home somewhere exotic let’s be real.
Hahah true. Going to jail is for poor people
