ATLANTA (1010 WINS) -- A grand jury in Georgia indicted former President Donald Trump Monday night for trying to overturn his election defeat in the 2020 presidential election. It is his fourth such indictment.
Eighteen others were indicted, including former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. Georgia prosecutors say Trump and his co-defendants "joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome" of the 2020 election.
Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, law—often associated with mobsters—is central to the 41-count indictment. The nearly 100-page charging document alleges Trump, his attorneys and Giuliani were members of a "criminal organization" and "enterprise" that operated in Georgia and other states, committing a raft of crimes like conspiring to make false statements, commit forgery and push officials to violate their oaths.
Shortly after the defendants' names were released, Trump sent a lengthy email to supporters titled, "My Statement On The New Indictment," in which he wrote "Justice and the rule of law are officially DEAD in America." He also referred to the indictment as an "illegal persecution."
"Even after 4 sham indictments and a threat of HUNDREDS OF YEARS IN PRISON, I will never abandon our mission, because the fate of our nation hangs in the balance in the 2024 election," Trump wrote.
The grand jury had heard from several witnesses into Monday night. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney signed off on the charges shortly before 9 p.m. But it was not until around 11 p.m. that the defendants' names were unsealed.
Witnesses had included multiple former state officials and the ex-lieutenant governor.
Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis said the defendants must voluntarily surrender by noon on Aug. 25.
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