Who are the 18 co-defendants charged alongside former President Donald Trump in Georgia?
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., on July 29, 2023.related to efforts to overturn 2020 election results in Georgia.
Trump's campaign called the indictment "un-American and wrong" in a statement early Tuesday. The former president contends his actions were not illegal and the investigation is politically motivated.
Attorney John Eastman speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, as Trump supporters gather in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.The indictment names former Trump election lawyer John Eastman among those allegedly involved in a scheme to solicit public officers to unlawfully appoint Georgia presidential electors..
Meadows then sent a text message to a state investigator on Dec. 27, 2020, asking if there was a way to "speed up" results ahead of Jan. 6, "an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy," according to the indictment.In aseeking to move the case to federal court, Meadows' attorney, George Terwilliger, wrote: "Nothing Mr.
Jeffrey Clark, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Sept. 14, 2020.The indictment alleges that Jeffrey Clark, a U.S. Justice Department official in the Trump administration, made false statements to senior DOJ officials "urging the officials to let him convey the false information to Georgia State Officials.
"I think the indictment’s drafter is used to putting a million things into a blender, spreading the jumble across scores of pages, and seeing if defendants beg for mercy," Clark7. Jenna Ellis Georgia lawyer Robert Cheeley allegedly made false statements to members of the Georgia Senate regarding voter fraud at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, according to the indictment. Cheeley is also alleged to have been part of an extensive pressure campaign allegedly targeting the then-speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, David Ralston.18 Co-defendants Charged Alongside Donald Trump in Georgia10.
David Shafer, chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, arrives before Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a"Save the Majority" rally, Dec. 10, 2020 in Augusta, Ga.Former state senator and former Georgia GOP chair David Shafer was one of the alleged Trump fake electors and reserved the room where fake electors met at the Georgia State Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020, according to the indictment.
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