It was a big night in Atlanta Monday.

On one side of town, a queen was addressing her adoring masses.

Meanwhile, just down the street, a former president was being indicted.

A Fulton County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment.

Not for the first.

Earlier this afternoon, Donald Trump was arraigned on a New York Supreme Court indictment.

Not for the second, charging Donald J. Trump with felony violations of our national security

laws.

Not for the third, charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States.

But for the fourth time.

Coming up on today's explained, this fourth one might be the biggest one yet.

This is to explain.

Stephen Fowler covers politics for Georgia public broadcasting where he also hosts their

battleground ballot box podcast.

He says this Fulton County indictment is different from the three that preceded it for

three big reasons.

One, this is a case about the former president's election malfeasance that's coming from

a state, which means he won't be able to pardon himself if convicted and if reelected.

Two, tons of people from the former president's election fraud posse are getting charged

along with him.

And third, as you may have heard, yeah, I mean, the prosecutor Fulton County District

Attorney Fanny Willis has said in the past that she likes Rico as a prosecutorial tool

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