GOP rivals and legal experts react to case against former president and his allies
Former President Donald Trump and
18 of his allies have been indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on criminal charges stemming from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s sprawling investigation into their attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state.
The
indictment lists 41 felony counts, including violation of the Georgia's RICO (or Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act; false statements and writings; conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer; and influencing witnesses, among others. Trump has been charged with 13 counts — including a charge of violating Georgia's RICO (or Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act.
According to the 98-page indictment, Trump is named in 13 of the felony charges, including racketeering (under Georgia RICO laws), conspiracy to commit forgery, filing of false documents and soliciting a violation of oath by a public officer. Among the others facing charges in Georgia are members of Trump’s legal team, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis. The indictment includes 41 charges in total.
Defendants have until noon on Aug. 25 to voluntarily surrender
Also charged with crimes in the indictment are:
• Lawyer Rudy Giuliani
• Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows
• Lawyer John Eastman
• Lawyer Jenna Ellis
• Lawyer Sidney Powell
• Lawyer Ray Stallings Smith
• Lawyer Robert Cheeley
• Lawyer Kenneth Cheseboro
• Former acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jeffrey Clark
• Republican strategist Michael Roman
• Chairman of the Georgia GOP David Shafer
• Georgia Republican state Sen. Shawn Still
• Police chaplain Stephen Lee
• Blacks for Trump organizer Harrison Floyd
• Publicist Trevian Kutti
• Former Coffee County GOP chair Cathleen Latham
• Fulton County GOP poll watcher Scott Hall
•Coffee County elections supervisor Misty Hampton