Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast, I'm Galen Druke.

Former President Trump has been indicted for a fourth time, now in Fulton County for

efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

While the alleged crimes in this case relate to his federal indictment and special counsel

Jack Smith's investigation, there are important differences.

First, these are state crimes, based in part on Georgia's racketeering laws which have

historically been applied much more broadly than federal racketeering laws.

Second, and relatedly, there's an alleged criminal enterprise at the core of this case,

which resulted in the indictment of 18 other people also involved in some way in trying

to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

That group includes names like Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, and other names

you might remember from the months following the 2020 election.

And some folks you've probably never heard of before.

Third, thinking about a possible Trump second term, these being state crimes, the president

has no part in power or power to make the case go away.

Also, unlike in the other cases so far, Georgia allows its court proceedings to be televised,

so if you're thinking about how the public might process all of this, perhaps that holds

some significance.

There's more to get into, and we're going to dig into it right now with a group of Georgia

legal experts here with me, our professor of law and associate dean of research at Emory

University, Kay Levine.

Welcome to the podcast.

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