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Annotated: The Fulton County, Georgia Grand Jury indictment of Donald Trump

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Credit: Pete Corson

Credit: Pete Corson

By Bill Rankin
Aug 15, 2023

A Fulton County grand jury on Monday handed up a sweeping indictment that alleges former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were members of a racketeering conspiracy that sought to unlawfully overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.

This annotated version of the 41-count indictment shows how the summary of the racketeering conspiracy takes up the bulk of the document, while all of the 40 other felony counts are laid out in detail.

Read the whole annotated document below, or read the specific annotations by themselves below that.

ExploreJust the text: Read the Fulton County, Georgia Grand Jury indictment of Donald Trump (without annotation)

About the Author

Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.

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