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Giulani was charged with 13 counts, including racketeering and false statements and writings. As one of Trump’s most visible lawyers, he spent months hosting press conferences and appearing on television and in courtrooms tocontest the results of the election.
Asubpoena issued to Giuliani earlier in the investigationnoted that he appeared before the Georgia state Senate in December 2020 and made “statements, both to the public and in subsequent legislative hearings, claiming widespread voter fraud in Georgia … using the now-debunked State Farm Video in support of those statements.”
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In July, Giulianiadmitted that he had made false and defamatory statementsabout Freeman and Moss, and said he no longer contests the accusations.
He is currently defending himself against disbarment proceedings inWashington, D.C.andNew York, both in direct responses to his false election claims.
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The focus of the two grand juries convened in the Fulton County case was whether Trump or his allies engaged in possible crimes related to their efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss in Georgia, a historically red state where he lost the popular vote to DemocratJoe Biden.
The former president pinned his Georgia loss on fraud almost immediately after the election, all while pressuring officials in the state to “find” votes in his favor.
A Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — during which the former president told Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes” for him — was leaked to theWashington Postand then made public, andhelped spark the various investigationsinto Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
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Among the several other allies charged in the case are Trump attorneysSidney Powell,John Eastman,Jenna Ellis, Bob Cheeley, Ray Smith III and Kenneth Chesebro; as well as former White House chief of staffMark Meadows; former assistant U.S. attorney generalJeffrey Clark; former Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer; and current Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still.
Additional defendants include a GOP strategist, local elections officials, an Atlanta bail bondsman, apublicist, an Illinois pastor and a onetime congressional candidate.
After the indictment was processed on Aug. 14, Willis said that she would request a trial datewithin six monthswith the goal of trying all 19 defendants together.
Trump nowfaces a total of 91 criminal countsthat he’s been indicted on this year between four ongoing investigations, several of which come with recommended prison time. If convicted of violating the Georgia RICO Act — classified a step above felony, as a “serious felony” — Trump would face a mandatory minimum sentence of five years.
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