President Trump and several of his closest political associates are currently facing racketeering charges in Fulton County, Georgia. The president, along with 18 other individuals, has been indicted on 41 counts. This is an ongoing situation, and this information will be continuously updated. Among those charged in connection to the years-long investigation are Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff under Trump, attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeff Clark, John Eastman, and several others.
The charges encompass various allegations, including violating the Georgia RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations Act), solicitation of the violation of oath by a public officer, conspiracy to commit impersonation of 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 the violation of oath by a public officer.
BREAKING: Former president Donald Trump and 18 others charged with racketeering in 41-count indictment in Fulton Co, GA. pic.twitter.com/QmIL72yx3U
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) August 15, 2023
Donald Trump's indictment just released in Fulton County. Defendants include Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Jenna Ellis, David Shafer and others. #gapol pic.twitter.com/UNvxwlazdY
— Joe Henke (@JoeHenke) August 15, 2023
President Trump released the following statement:
Like Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Deranged Jack Smith, and New York AG Letitia James, Fulton County, GA’s radical Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis is a rabid partisan who is campaigning and fundraising on a platform of prosecuting President Trump through these bogus indictments. Ripping a page from Crooked Joe Biden’s playbook, Willis has strategically stalled her investigation to try and maximally interfere with the 2024 presidential race and damage the dominant Trump campaign. All of these corrupt Democrat attempts will fail.
Combined with the intentionally slow-walked investigations by the Biden-Smith goon squads and the false charges in New York, the timing of this latest coordinated strike by a biased prosecutor in an overwhelmingly Democrat jurisdiction not only betrays the trust of the American people, but also exposes true motivation driving their fabricated accusations.
They could have brought this two and half years ago, yet they chose to do this for election interference reasons in the middle of President Trump’s successful campaign. He is not only leading all Republicans by a lot but he is leading against Joe Biden in almost every poll. President Trump represents the greatest threat to these Democrats’ political futures (and the greatest hope for America).
The legal double-standard set against President Trump must end. Under the Crooked Biden Cartel, there are no rules for Democrats, while Republicans face criminal charges for exercising their First Amendment rights.
These activities by Democrat leaders constitute a grave threat to American democracy and are direct attempts to deprive the American people of their rightful choice to cast their vote for President. Call it election interference or election manipulation—it is a dangerous effort by the ruling class to suppress the choice of the people. It is un-American and wrong.
They are taking away President Trump’s First Amendment right to free speech, and the right to challenge a rigged and stolen election that the Democrats do all the time. The ones who should be prosecuted are the ones who created the corruption.
President Trump will never give up and will never stop fighting for you, as we all work to Make America Great Again in 2024.