Welcome to Me the Press.

Now I'm Kristen Welker on another historic day in this country.

As former President Trump faces his fourth criminal indictment in just five months, this

time in Fulton County, Georgia, in a sweeping 41-count indictment, a grand jury last night

charged the former president and 18 others with felony racketeering and connection with

efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Mr. Trump's co-defendants include some of his top allies.

His attorney Rudy Giuliani and his former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Fulton

County District Attorney Fonney Willis outlined the charges in a news conference late

last night.

Telling reporters she intends to try all 19 defendants together and she hopes to begin that

trial within the next six months.

Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those who believe that results of an election

are wrong, whether because of intentional wrongdoing or unintentional error to challenge

those results in our state court.

The indictment alleges that rather than abide by Georgia's legal process for election

challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering, enterprise to overturn

Georgia's presidential election result.

Willis says she's giving every defendant the chance to voluntarily surrender to authorities

no later than next Friday at noon, so here's the full extent of what they're facing.

Over 98 pages, the indictment describes Mr. Trump and his allies as criminal organization

whose members and associates engaged in various criminal-related activities, alleging

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