The investigation into whether Trump and his allies broke state election laws began after Trump urged Georgia's secretary of state to 'find' enough votes to overturn his 2020 loss.
in 2020 and urged his closest allies to take steps that would overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the battleground state.marks the fourth criminal case Trump is now facing, adding more legal scrutiny on the former U.S. president as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.
The charges include counts under the state’s racketeering or RICO laws, which are typically used to prosecute alleged criminal enterprises. Trump, who is facing 13 charges alone, and others are also accused of election fraud and forgery conspiracies, harassing election workers, conspiring to illegally obtain voting machine data, urging public officials to violate their oath of office, and lying to investigators to obstruct justice.
But the Georgia case goes much deeper than the federal case, the latter of which focused exclusively on Trump and did not name or indict his alleged co-conspirators.Fulton County District Attorney
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