Key Takeaways From Trump Being Indicted In Expansive Georgia RICO Case

 Former President Donald Trump and several of his top allies were indicted in Georgia late Monday night by a Fulton County grand jury over their alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said the 19 individuals charged under Georgia’s RICO Act — which allows prosecutors to connect various crimes committed by multiple defendants and argue that they were working together toward a criminal goal — were part of a “criminal enterprise.”

Nineteen individuals were charged in the 41-count indictment, including Trump, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Ken Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Jenna Ellis, Ray Stallings Smith III, Robert Cheeley, Mike Roman, David Shafer, Shawn Micah Tresher Still, Stephen Lee, Harrison Floyd, Trevian Kutti, Sidney Powell, Cathleen Latham, Scott Hall, and Misty Hampton.

The New York Times noted that the indictment contains what are effectively several “baskets” of alleged criminal activity to keep the former president in office and none of the defendants were involved in all of the alleged different schemes, which included: making false claims of election fraud at a legislative hearing in December 2020, trying to install a slate of “fake” pro-Trump electors to give Georgia’s Electoral College votes to Trump, trying to steal and tamper with voter data and election equipment, and trying to harass and intimidate an election worker.

The case can also be broadcast on television so the public will witness all the evidence that is being presented.

 

The following defendants have until noon on August 25th to turn themselves in:

Donald Trump — 13 charges:

• 3 counts: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings
• 2 counts: False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents
• 1 count: Filing False Documents

Rudy Giuliani, lawyer — 13 charges:

• 3 counts: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer
• 3 counts: False Statements and Writings
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents

Ray Smith III, lawyer — 12 charges:

• 3 counts: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer
• 2 counts: False Statements and Writings
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents

Cathy Latham, Alleged Fake Elector — 11 charges:

• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Forgery in the First Degree
• 1 count: False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Criminal Attempt to Commit Filing False Documents
• 1 count:Conspiracy to Commit Computer Theft
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Computer Trespass
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Computer Invasion of Privacy
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Defraud the State

Robert Cheeley, lawyer — 10 charges:

• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents
• 1 count: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer
• 1 count: False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Perjury

John Eastman, lawyer — 9 charges:

• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents
• 1 count: Filing False Documents

David Shafer, Alleged Fake Elector — 8 charges:

• 3 counts: False Statements and Writings
• 2 counts: Forgery in the First Degree
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Criminal Attempt to Commit Filing False Documents

Shawn Still, Alleged Fake Elector — 7 charges:

• 2 counts: False Statements and Writings
• 2 counts: Forgery in the First Degree
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Criminal Attempt to Commit Filing False Documents

Sidney Powell, lawyer — 7 charges:

• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count:Conspiracy to Commit Computer Theft
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Computer Trespass
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Computer Invasion of Privacy
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Defraud the State

Kenneth Chesebro, lawyer — 7 charges:

• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents

Michael Roman, Trump campaign staffer — 7 charges:

• 3 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree
• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents

Misty Hampton, Coffee County elections supervisor — 7 charges:

• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count:Conspiracy to Commit Computer Theft
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Computer Trespass
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Computer Invasion of Privacy
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Defraud the State

Scott Hall, Bail Bondsman — 7 charges:

• 2 counts: Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count:Conspiracy to Commit Computer Theft
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Computer Trespass
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Computer Invasion of Privacy
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Defraud the State

Stephen Lee, Pastor — 5 charges:

• 2 counts: Criminal Attempt to Commit Influencing Witnesses
• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Solicitation of False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Influencing Witnesses

Trevian Kutti, Publicist — 3 charges:

• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Solicitation of False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Influencing Witnesses

Willie Lewis Floyd III, former leader of “Black Voices for Trump” — 3 charges:

• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Conspiracy to Commit Solicitation of False Statements and Writings
• 1 count: Influencing Witnesses

Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff — 2 charges:

• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer

Jeffrey Clark, former DOJ official — 2 charges:

• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Criminal Attempt to Commit False Statements and Writings

Jenna Ellis, lawyer — 2 charges:

• 1 count: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
• 1 count: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer