Georgia charges Trump, former advisers in 2020 election case

In Georgia, former president Donald Trump is now being charged with new crimes for trying to rig the 2020 election in favour of Democrat Joe Biden.

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Trump and 18 other people were charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with racketeering, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail.

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As Trump runs for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, his legal issues only become worse.

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Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, and others are prominent defendants in the indictment.

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According to the indictment, Trump and his allies participated in a plot to illegally alter the election results in his favour.

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The accusations are related to a phone contact that President Trump had with a Georgian election official on January 2, 2021, in which he pleaded with the official to overturn his slim defeat.

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Trump backers attempted to stop the certification of Biden's victory by storming the U.S. Capitol, but they were unsuccessful.

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False testimony and tries to rig elections are among the many offences listed in the indictment.

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Trump has ongoing legal disputes outside of Georgia, including in New York and Washington, D.C.

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In the approaching general election, these accusations may hurt Trump's appeal to independent voters even while they might increase Republican support.

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