Trump Charged With Racketeering Over Efforts to Dispute 2020 Election in Georgia

ATLANTA—A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, handed up at least one indictment on Monday evening in connection to the probe into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to dispute the 2020 election results in the state, according to the county court clerk.

Former President Donald Trump speaks in Columbia, S.C., on Aug. 5, 2023. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

ATLANTA—Former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants were indicted by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday evening in relation to the former president’s efforts to dispute the 2020 election results in the state.

The 98-page indictment (pdf) charges President Trump with 13 counts, including violation of the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, and conspiracy to commit filing of false documents.