Donald Trump and 18 others were charged with meddling in the 2020 presidential elections by prosecutors in Georgia, the fourth criminal case brought against the former US president in the space of five months.
Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney, on Monday obtained an indictment from a grand jury against Trump on criminal counts including violating Georgia’s racketeering laws and multiple conspiracies.
Charges were also brought against 18 other defendants, including Rudy Giuliani, who was involved in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 vote, and John Eastman, a constitutional scholar who persuaded the ex-president of his theory that then vice-president Mike Pence could refuse to certify Joe Biden’s win.