Donald Trump and the Georgia “Witch Hunt”
Tuesday 15 August, 2023
With the reluctance of a strip tease show, a list of a criminal charges against Donald Trump appear on a Fulton County, Georgia website this afternoon local time, and is then whipped away. The court is still reaching its conclusions.
This is the criminal case being prepared by State Prosecutor Fani Willis, centred around Trump’s recorded phone call in January 2021 which urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" 11,780 votes, the number he would have required to win the presidential election there.
Journalists waited into the night hoping for a glimpse of the anticipated revelations for the morning headlines.
Later, the patience of the assembled media is eventually rewarded. I watch at 4.30am U.K. time
Fami Willis makes a statement about the indictment.
19 individuals are charged. The names read out include Donald Trump, and senior members of his administration read. The charges outline ‘A criminal enterprise to accomplish the goal to block the winners of the election, sometimes called acts of racketeering' ...
