A total of 19 people, including former President Donald Trump, were indicted on Aug. 14 by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, over their alleged efforts to dispute the results of the 2020 election in the state.
Various charges bought against the 19 individuals include making and filing false statements, impersonating a public officer, the solicitation of high-ranking Justice Department officials and State legislatures, computer theft, computer trespass, computer invasion of privacy, conspiracy to defraud the state, perjury, and the harassment of election workers.
Georgia Republican Shawn Still, alternative elector Cathleen Latham, former head of the Georgia Republican Party David Shafer, Illinois pastor Stephen Lee, vice president for the Black Conservative Federation who is also involved in “Black Voices for Trump” Harrison Floyd, former publicist for Kanye West Trevian Kutti, Scott Hall, and Misty Hampton are also named in the indictment.
It also includes an additional 30 unindicted co-conspirators in addition to the 19 charged defendants, suggesting further charges may be announced in the coming weeks or months.
Co-Defendants ‘Refused to Accept That Trump Lost’
“Defendant Donald John Trump lost the United States presidential election held on November 3, 2020. One of the states he lost was Georgia,” the indictment states. “Trump and the other Defendants charged in this Indictment refused to accept that Trump lost, and they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump. That conspiracy contained a common plan and purpose to commit two or more acts of racketeering activity in Fulton County, Georgia, elsewhere in the State of Georgia, and in other states.”The indictment goes on to accuse President Trump and the 18 co-defendants of having “unlawfully conspired and endeavored to conduct and participate in a criminal enterprise in Fulton County, Georgia, and elsewhere.”
According to the indictment, the alleged “enterprise” operated in Fulton County, elsewhere in the State of Georgia, and in other states, including, but not limited to Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.
Ms. Willis opened her investigation into President Trump following the release of a recording of a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between himself and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
According to the indictment, during the phone call, President Trump made a number of “false statements” including that “anywhere from 250,000 to 300,000 ballots were dropped mysteriously into the rolls” in the Nov. 3, presidential election in Georgia, and that 4,502 people “voted in the November 3, 2020, presidential election in Georgia who were not on the voter registration list.”
The indictment further goes on to allege dozens of acts by President Trump or his allies in support of their dispute over the election results.
Charges Against Mark Meadows
Mr. Meadows, for example, is charged with allegedly soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer by “unlawfully soliciting, requesting, and importuning” Mr. Raffensperger during the same phone call.He is also charged over his alleged meeting with a group of Pennsylvania legislators at the White House during which they discussed holding a special session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly regarding the election results, and for allegedly requesting that political adviser John McEntee “prepare a memorandum outlining strategy for disrupting and delaying the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021.”
Multiple other charges have been levied against Mr. Meadows in the indictment.
The Epoch Times has contacted Mr. Meadows for further comment.
The incitement cites multiple phone calls, social media posts and emails in which the former attorney for President Trump allegedly made “statements concerning fraud” in the 2020 election, which prosecutors allege was an “overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.”
‘A Criminal Organization’
Elsewhere, Sidney Powell and several co-defendants are accused of appearing at a press conference at the Republican National Committee Headquarters on Nov. 19, 2020, where they allegedly made “false statements concerning fraud” in the election. Ms. Powell is also accused of “the unlawful breach of election equipment” in Coffee County, Georgia, on Dec. 6, 2020, while performing computer forensic collections and analytics on voting systems.The Epoch Times has contacted Ms. Powell for further comment.
Multiple other lawyers, including Ms. Powell, Mr. Eastman, and Mr. Chesebro, were also charged with making “false statements” and allegedly devising various ways to challenge the election results, the indictment states.
The indictment states that the defendants and unindicted coconspirators “constituted a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities including, but not limited to, false statements and writings, impersonating a public officer, forgery, filing false documents, influencing witnesses, computer theft, computer trespass, computer invasion of privacy, conspiracy to defraud the state, acts involving theft, and perjury.”
Ms. Willis said at a press conference Monday that she plans to try all 19 defendants together.
President Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
President Trump, who is currently leading in polls in the Republican 2024 presidential race, further noted that the latest indictment comes “right in the middle of my political campaign.”
“Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others - There will be a complete EXONERATION! They never went after those that rigged the election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!” he said.
