Former President Donald Trump was indicted for an unprecedented fourth time on Monday for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, adding a new complication to his mounting list of legal troubles — one that, should he be found guilty, could lead to a significant fine, and even prison time.
Trump was charged with 13 counts, including racketeering, under Georgia law for scheming to steal the election from President Joe Biden, who won the state by less than 12,000 votes. If convicted, Trump could face at least five years in prison and fines up to $250,000 or three times the amount of any pecuniary value he gained from the scheme to interfere in the election results. He is now the first former president to be indicted in Georgia — and remains the first former president to be indicted at all.
Trump recently faced new charges related to his involvement in the January 6, 2021, insurrection and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election following a separate probe led by Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith, who is also leading Trump’s prosecution in another case for retaining classified documents after he left office.
That’s in addition to Trump’s indictment in New York over hush money payments made to the porn actor Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign and a federal indictment for mishandling sensitive classified documents after he left office. In total, Trump has now been indicted in four separate cases.
Much like the January 6 indictment, the latest one has overt consequences for US democracy and the upcoming 2024 election. If Trump faces no legal repercussions for his interference in the 2020 election, in both the Georgia case and the latest federal case, the question is whether he, or his allies, will try to overturn the results a second time if he loses.
You can read the full indictment here. Below is everything you need to know about the latest charges and what comes next.
What are the charges?
The charges are the…
Read the full article here