Fulton County DA Fani Willis opened the probe in February 2021, weeks after it was revealed that Trump urged Georgia's secretary of state to 'find' votes.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits next to his attorney Todd Blanche as he faces charges before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss, at federal court in Washington, U.S. August 3, 2023 in a courtroom sketch. At far left is U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith.
The indictment says that Trump and other defendants "constituted a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities." This is the latest effort by the Trump campaign to fundraise off of the former president's legal challenges.Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Steer N' Stein bar at the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa.With charges returned in Georgia, Trump is now grappling with a staggering — and completely unprecedented — four simultaneous criminal cases.
Trump has pleaded not guilty in both of those cases, claiming he is the victim of a conspiracy by the Biden administration.
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