Donald Trump indicted: Georgia grand jury charges ex-president with RICO charges for 2020 election

A grand jury in Georgia indicted Donald Trump on Monday on racketeering charges related to the 2020 election, marking the fifth indictment across four criminal cases this year against the former president and current 2024 GOP frontrunner.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis brought the charges, which included a number of RICO violations, against Trump and 18 others, according to court filings.

Willis began investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in January 2021, and she convened a grand jury in May 2022, according to portions of the grand jury's final report released this year.

The report, made public in February, stated the grand jury had "received evidence from or involving" 75 witnesses, including election workers, technical experts, employees of the state of Georgia, and those who claimed election fraud had occurred in the 2020 election.