Philadelphia-born GOP campaign operative Mike Roman was one of 18 aides and allies charged by a Georgia grand jury with helping former President Donald Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
A Philadelphia GOP campaign operative was among 18 allies of former President Donald Trump indicted with him on Monday in a sweeping racketeering case accusing them of seeking to overturn the results of Georgia’s 2020 election.
But the Georgia case is the first time he has been charged with a crime in any of the indictments brought against the former president.Here’s what you need to know about Roman, 51, and the charges that now threaten to send him, Trump, and other top allies to prison.Roman served as director of Election Day operations for Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign. And according to communications that surfaced last year during the investigation by the congressional committee probing the Jan.
He also organized speakers for a Dec. 10, 2020, hearing before a Georgia House committee to spread false information that the state’s vote had been riddled with fraud, prosecutors said. A federal judge agreed, overturning the election results and naming Marks the victor instead, a decision that was believed at the time to be a first in American history.
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