Key takeaways:
- Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Georgia state grand jury.
- The indictment was filed within three hours of the grand jury’s decision, but details have not yet been made public.
- It is unclear what the indictments mean for Trump’s future.
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Georgia state grand jury late Monday evening. The grand jury returned the indictments around 9 p.m. ET, and a clerk said it could take 1 to 3 hours to process.
Prosecutors with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office spent Monday presenting evidence to a grand jury in the Trump case, and moved up the appearances of two witnesses who had originally been scheduled to appear on Tuesday. At around 8 p.m. ET, reports from the courthouse emerged saying that the grand jury was voting on charges in the case.
The indictment was filed within three hours of the grand jury’s decision, but details have not yet been made public. The grand jury handles different types of matters, and it is not known whether the 10 indictments all relate to the Trump election interference case.
Trump’s attorneys had previously said they would challenge any indictment filed by the grand jury. The investigation was prompted in part by a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call in which Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger: “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.”
It is unclear what the indictments mean for Trump’s future, but it is certain that the case will be closely watched in the coming days.
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