Former President Donald Trump and 18 others, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and attorneys John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani, were named as part of a sprawling indictment by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
The 41-count indictment unsealed Monday in Georgia accused Trump and 18 other defendants of unlawfully conspiring, saying they “endeavored to conduct and participate in a criminal enterprise” after Trump lost the election in Georgia.
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The charges include but aren’t limited to false statements and solicitation of state legislators, high-ranking state officials, as well as the creation and distribution of false Electoral College documents, the harassment of election workers, solicitation of Justice Department officials, the solicitation of then-Vice President Mike Pence, the unlawful breach of election equipment, and acts of obstruction.
“Trump and the other Defendants charged in this Indictment refused to accept that Trump lost, and they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump,” the indictment states. “That conspiracy contained a common plan and purpose to commit two or more acts of racketeering activity in Fulton County, Georgia, elsewhere in the State of Georgia, and in other states.”
Willis said during a press conference that she would like to see a trial date within the next six months, though the timetables will ultimately be set by a judge. Willis also said she intends to try all 19 defendants together.
The indictment also includes an additional 30 unindicted co-conspirators in addition to the charged defendants.
Prosecutors in Willis’s office claim the group “engaged in various related criminal activities including, but not limited to, false statements and writings, impersonating a public officer, forgery, filing false documents, influencing witnesses, computer theft, computer trespass, computer invasion of privacy, conspiracy to defraud the state, acts involving theft, and perjury.”
Meadows faces two charges, including solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer and racketeering, a charge typically intended for organized crime. Trump, Meadows, and the other 17 indicted individuals face racketeering charges under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
Last year, a judge ordered Meadows to speak before the Georgia special grand jury.
Following the Jan. 6 capitol riot, Meadows went quiet about the events concerning the investigation.
The indictment claims Giuliani, Trump’s former attorney, engaged in efforts to urge Georgia state officials to illegally appoint presidential electors from the state in violation of the terms of their oath of office. He is also accused of making false statements and claiming that at least 96,000 mail-in ballots were counted in the 2020 presidential election, despite no records of those ballots being returned to the county elections office.
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It also noted Giuliani’s claims that Dominion Voting Systems equipment mistakenly recorded 6,000 votes for then-candidate Joe Biden rather than Trump.
John Eastman, a former University of Colorado visiting professor, is accused of aiding in the design of a legal strategy targeted at keeping Trump in power after his 2020 election loss.
Other attorneys named include Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis.
Read the full indictment below:
