A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state has returned an indictment, though it was not immediately clear against whom.

UPDATE: Link to the indictment which includes 19 total defendants charged under 41 counts.

    • wrath-sedan@kbin.socialOP
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      11 months ago

      Of course! A “grand jury” is essentially a group of citizens who decide whether there is enough evidence to accuse someone of a crime. An “indictment” is the document that lists the crimes that the grand jury is charging the suspect with, saying that there is enough evidence to try him in court.

      So this is saying that the Georgia grand jury has decided to charge Trump (and an unknown number of others) with crimes linked in some way with interfering in the 2020 Election in Georgia. The case will now eventually go to trial.

      Let me know if there’s anything that’s unclear (or incorrect I’m not a lawyer haha)

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    11 months ago

    One sort of low-key notable about this is that GA has a long history of being VERY aggressive with RICO rules. It tends to be unusually easy to get affiliated individuals all on the same charges by association in Georgia.

    I wouldn’t place a bet one way or the other, but it would not surprise me if some or even all of the indictments are being applied to multiple conspiring defendants. And if that were the case, it would be odd for the organization’s executive to be walking away clean.