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Indictment returned in Georgia as grand jury wraps up Trump election probe (apnews.com)

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A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state has returned an indictment, though it was not immediately clear against whom.

UPDATE: Link to the indictment which includes 19 total defendants charged under 41 counts.

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[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

GA has a pretty fucking grim history of using these laws to rob people of civil liberties in pretty bad ways. They have used it to crush freedom of speech with musicians and educators, all kinds of minimally-affiliated "gang" activity, and other bullshit like that. As you'd expect from a state that is pretty firmly in the hand of the anti-civil-rights GOP and Brian "I also used the authority of my office to interfere with my own election to ensure my own victory" Kemp.

But at least in this case, the baddies are definitely baddies.