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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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[–] JelloBrains@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They reported that it's Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and 16 other people too.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ugh. Not that I don't want to see all of them behind bars, but that many defendants means the trial is going to proceed really slowly. If this is true, I wouldn't expect a verdict in this case before election day.

[–] JelloBrains@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I would expect because this is a state criminal case, Georgia has to wait until the two federal cases are concluded before they get a shot at the big names, but I could be wrong. Usually with RICO cases, it's said they hope most of those others cut plea deals and turn on the bigger names.