Former President Donald Trump and 18 others have been indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on a variety of charges related to an alleged scheme to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results. The indictment includes thirteen counts and involves close allies of Trump such as Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, who have both been booked and released on bond. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has given all 19 defendants until noon on Friday to surrender, or she will seek arrest warrants for them. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has called the charges “baseless.”
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Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his associates have been indicted by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia on 41 counts of election fraud, racketeering, and other charges related to their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to unlawfully change the outcome of the election by engaging in a "sweeping conspiracy" to subvert the will of the people. It is the latest in a series of legal actions taken against the former president and his associates since he left office in January.