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🗓️ 18 August 2023
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A fourth indictment was filed against Donald Trump this week — in the state of Georgia. Fulton County D.A. Fani T. Willis presented a sprawling document charging Trump and 18 others for conspiring to reverse the state’s results in the 2020 presidential election. Will an elected official pursuing a legal case against Trump hurt what is an otherwise strong case?
The first Republican primary debate is less than a week away. With several candidates jostling for second place behind Donald Trump’s big lead, a report detailing strategy memos from a Ron Desantis super PAC surfaced.
Will the derided governor’s campaign be able to recover before he hits the stage?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit social media to call on the FDA to reduce its strict regulations on sunscreen. It could be a viable political move. So what’s stirring the criticism from supporters on the left?
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0:00.0 | I'm Sarah Isger, Senior Editor at the Dispatch. |
0:04.2 | Your host this week on Left, Right, and Center, filling in for the sorely or not so sorely |
0:09.0 | Miss David Green. |
0:11.0 | Another week, another indictment for a former president and a few of his friends. |
0:15.4 | Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and 17 others were indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta, following |
0:20.9 | a two-year investigation led by Fulton County District Attorney, Fannie Willis. |
0:25.6 | Specifically, the participants in association took various actions in Georgia and elsewhere |
0:33.6 | to block the county of the votes of the presidential electors, who were certified as the winners |
0:40.3 | of Georgia's 2020 General Election. |
0:44.9 | As you examine the indictment, the 97-page indictment lists 41 counts of criminal activity |
0:50.8 | across its 19 defendants, Trump and Giuliani topped the leader board with 13 counts each. |
0:56.8 | Those charges include false statements and writings, three counts each for solicitation |
1:01.9 | of violation of oath by public officers, several counts of conspiracy and perhaps most notably, |
1:08.1 | a violation of the Georgia Reco Act. |
1:11.2 | All of the defendants in fact are charged with violating Georgia's Racketeering Influence |
1:14.9 | and Corrupt Organization Act. |
1:17.2 | It is the fourth case, Trump is preparing to fight in court along with the presidential |
1:22.7 | campaign he's running. |
1:24.7 | After the second federal indictment from special counsel Jack Smith, Trump claimed that more |
1:28.7 | indictments could only help stretch his massive lead in the polls ahead of next year's |
1:33.3 | primaries. |
1:34.3 | And that's not going to make any impact because every time they file an indictment, we |
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