The case opened in the state of Georgia for electoral interference against the former president Donald Trump and his allies, left the Republican candidate again on the ropes this Monday, when the prosecutor presented 13 charges against him, among which stand out "organized crime" and others for "conspiracy."
Fulton County District Attorney Willis fans, presented before a Georgia grand jury the case he has been investigating since February 2021, opened a few weeks after it was revealed that Trump had urged the Georgia Secretary of State to “find” enough votes to reverse his defeat in the Peach State .
From the beginning of her investigation, Prosecutor Willis said she was investigating possible violations of state laws prohibiting voter fraud and lying to government entities, as well as conspiracy, organized crime and “any involvement in violence or threats” related. with the administration of the 2020 elections.
“So, the witch hunt continues!” said the former president in a publication on his Truth Social network, using the same accusatory speech that he has been using for years against his investigators, according to CNBC.
Misspelling the word “defendant” in English, Trump said that “19 people were targeted tonight, including the former president of the United States, myself, by an out-of-control and very corrupt district attorney who campaigned and raised money with ' I'm going to get Trump.'”
“Why weren't they charged two and a half years ago? Because they wanted to do it right in the middle of my political campaign. “Witch hunt!” concluded the Republican.
Trump's top allies, including his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and a former senior official of the Justice Department, Jeffrey Clark, were also charged with felonies in connection with efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
41-Count General Indictment Also Names Attorneys John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis and Ray Smith and several others. According to NBC News, all were charged with violating Georgia's RICO law (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization), translated into Spanish as 'Corrupt organization and influenced by mobsters'.
The racketeering charge carries a sentence of five to 20 years, while a conspiracy conviction can result in a minimum sentence of one year in prison with a variable maximum sentence.
Willis, who recruited a special grand jury last year that heard testimony from 75 witnesses, highlighted among the evidence the call in which Trump asked the Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" the votes he needed to defeat Joe Biden.
For their part, Trump's lawyers condemned the accusation and called Monday's events "shocking and absurd." In a statement to NBC News, Drew Findling, Jennifer Little and Marissa Goldberg They criticized the prosecutor's report.
“We look forward to a detailed review of this accusation, which, without a doubt, is as flawed and unconstitutional as this entire process has been,” the lawyers said in their statement.
Willis' investigation is separate from the Justice Department's investigation to reveal the tycoon's efforts to overturn the election results in the days leading up to the violent riots by his supporters at the Washington Capitol, and which includes charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States government and witness tampering.
Federal prosecutors allege that Trump was "determined to stay in power" in conspiracies that targeted a "fundamental function of the United States federal government: the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election."
These investigations are in addition to those opened in Manhattan juries, where he is accused of falsifying commercial records related to payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, and from Florida, where it faces 37 charges for his alleged manipulation of classified government documents and obstruction of the Justice Department investigation.
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