Subject: Ouch. 13 Counts including RICO
Well, former president Trump is officially accused of being the head of a criminal organization. Trump was charged with 13 counts in the indictment.
Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Ken Chesebro, Jeff Clark, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, a couple of Trump campaign staffers, and a bunch of Georgia state defendants were indicted on RICO and other charges.
The indictment laid out eight ways the "enterprise" obstructed the election: by lying to the Georgia state legislature, by lying to state officials, by creating fake pro-Trump electors, by harassing election workers, by soliciting Justice Department officials, by soliciting Vice President Mike Pence, by breaching voting machines and by engaging in a cover up.
The racketeering case extends to conduct in Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania as overt acts in furtherance of a conspiracy.
The Trump Counts:
Count 1: Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
Count 5: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer
Count 9: Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer
Count 11: Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree
Count 13: Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings
Count 15: Conspiracy to Commit False Filing False Documents
Count 17: Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree
Count 19: Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings
Count 27: Filing False Documents
Count 28: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer
Count 29: False Statements and Writings
Count 38: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer
Count 39: False Statements and Writings