The indictment out of Fulton County alleges that former President Trump and 18 others conspired to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. His codefendants include big names and local officials.
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Former president — and current 2024 Republican frontrunner — Donald Trump is one of 19 people charged in the Fulton County indictment, which alleges a coordinated group effort to pressure Georgia officials into changing the outcome of the 2020 election.
Some of the other defendants include:
Another section of the indictment deals with the effort to unlawfully copy election data in rural Coffee County, where Trump allies gained access to a voting machine and hired an IT firm to search for widespread voter fraud, which did not exist.
Several individuals who allegedly participated in that plan are also facing charges, including former Coffee County Election Supervisor Misty Hampton and Cathy Latham, a former Republican Party official in Coffee County.
It’s not clear how many of the defendants knew each other, or how well.
Under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act, prosecutors simply need to prove that the defendants were associated «in fact» as opposed to involved in a formal enterprise, says Fred Smith Jr.
