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Edit: The intense publicity surrounding this and the name calling and vitriol from both sides precludes my saying anything that would shed additional light on the subject or change a single mind. So I’ve retracted an earlier remark.
It's all about the $$$$$$$ and the power that goes with it. The allure of 45 escapes me entirely. I must have been raised wrong and attended all the wrong schools.
@Old_Joe, thanks for compiling the info. The indictment is significant since it occurred at the state level. Unlike other indictments charged at federal level, this case will continue well beyond 2024 election. And there is no escape! Charge #1 of RICO is reserved for gangsters and organized crime.
I also add my thanks to @Old_Joe for compiling these lists. There are now so many charges against DT and his merry band that a gullible person might give credence to their claim that it’s all a government plot to get them. They acted like gangsters, so they shall be treated like gangsters. Fani Willis said she’d try them all at once; what a circus that would be. Could she use the football stadium?
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Trump Indictment
FULTON SUPERIOR COURT, THE STATE OF GEORGIA
V.
DONALD JOHN TRUMP: Counts 1,5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 27-29, 38-39
RUDOLPH WILLIAM LOUIS GIULIANI: Counts 1-3, 6-7, 9,11,13,15,17,19, 23-24
JOHN CHARLES EASTMAN: Counts 1-2, 9, 11,13, 15, 17, 19, 27
MARK RANDALL MEADOWS: Counts 1, 28
KENNETH JOHN CHESEBRO: Counts 1, 9,11,13,15,17,19
JEFFREY BOSSERT CLARK: Counts 1, 22
JENNA LYNN ELLIS: Counts 1-2
RAY STALLINGS SMIITH III: Atlanta-based lawyerCounts 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13,15, 17,19, 23, 25
ROBERT DAVID CHEELEY: Counts 1, 9,11,13, 15, 17,19, 23, 26, 41
MICHAEL A. ROMAN: Counts 1, 9, 11,13,15,17, 19
DAVID JAMES SHAFER: Counts 1, 8,10,12,14,16,18, 40
SHAWN MICAH TRESHER STILL: Counts 1, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18
STEPHEN CLIFFGARD LEE: Counts 1, 20-21, 30-31
HARRISON WILLIAM PRESCOTT FLOYD: Counts 1, 30-31
TREVIAN C. KUTTI: Counts 1, 30-31
SIDNEY KATHERINE POWELL: Counts 1, 32-37
CATHLEEN ALSTON LATHAM: Counts 1, 8, 10, 12, 14, 32-37
SCOTT GRAHAM HALL: Counts 1, 32-37
MISTY HAMPTON, AKA EMILY MISTY HAYES: Counts 1, 32-37
The Counts are listed below.
O.C.G.A. The Official Code of Georgia Annotated
1: VIOLATION OF THE GEORGIA RICO (RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT
ORGANIZATIONS) ACT
O.C.G.A. § 16-14-4(c
2, 5, 6, 23, 28, 38: SOLICITATION OF VIOLATION OF OATH BY PUBLIC OFFICER
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-7 & 16-10-1
3, 4. 7, 12, 18, 24, 25, 26, 29, 39, 40: FALSE STATEMENTS AND WRITINGS
O.C.G.A. § 16-10-20
8: IMPERSONATING A PUBLIC OFFICER
O.C.G.A. § 16-10-23
9: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT IMPERSONATING A PUBLIC OFFICER
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-8 & 16-10-23
10, 16: FORGERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE
O.C.G.A. § 16-9-1(b)
11, 17: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FORGERY 1N THE FIRST DEGREE
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-8 & 16-9-1(b)
13, 19, 22: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FILING FALSE STATEMENTS AND WRITINGS
O.C.G.A. § 16-10-20
14: CRIMINAL ATTEMPT TO COMMIT FILING FALSE DOCUMENTS
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-1 & 16-10-20.1(b)(1)
15: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FILING FALSE DOCUMENTS
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-8 & 16-10-20.1(b)(1)
20, 21: CRIMINAL ATTEMPT TO COMMIT INFLUENCING WITNESSES
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-1 & 16-10-93(b)(1)(A)
27: FILING FALSE DOCUMENTS
O.C.G.A. § 16-10-20.1(b)(1)
30: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SOLICITATION OF FALSE STATEMENTS AND WRITINGS
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-8, 16-4-7 & 16-10-20
31: INFLUENCING WITNESSES
O.C.G.A. § 16-10-93(b)(1)(A)
32, 33: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ELECTION FRAUD
O.C.G.A. §§ 21-2-603 & 21-2-566
34: CONSPIRACY To COMMIT COMPUTER THEFT
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-8 & 16-9-93(a)
35: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT COMPUTER TRESPASS
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-8 & 16-9-93(b)
36: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT COMPUTER INVASION OF PRIVACY
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-8 & 16-9-93(c)
37: CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE STATE
O.C.G.A. § 16-10-21
41: PERJURY
O.C.G.A. § 16-10-70(a)
DONALD JOHN TRUMP: Counts 1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 27-29, 38-39
1: VIOLATION OF THE GEORGIA RICO (RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT
ORGANIZATIONS) ACT
5: SOLICITATION OF VIOLATION OF OATH BY PUBLIC OFFICER
9: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT IMPERSONATING A PUBLIC OFFICER
11: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FORGERY 1N THE FIRST DEGREE
13: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FILING FALSE STATEMENTS AND WRITINGS
15: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FILING FALSE DOCUMENTS
17: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FORGERY 1N THE FIRST DEGREE
19: CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FILING FALSE STATEMENTS AND WRITINGS
27: FILING FALSE DOCUMENTS
28: SOLICITATION OF VIOLATION OF OATH BY PUBLIC OFFICER
29: FALSE STATEMENTS AND WRITINGS
38: SOLICITATION OF VIOLATION OF OATH BY PUBLIC OFFICER
39: FALSE STATEMENTS AND WRITINGS
Note: The duplicate charges presumably indicate multiple instances of the same charging code.
I notice that charge #1 is common to all of the persons indicted:
VIOLATION OF THE GEORGIA RICO (RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT
ORGANIZATIONS) ACT
This particular charge has previously been used successfully in Georgia in a number of different types of cases.