United States: Trump indicted on 2020 election fraud charges by jury in Georgia

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (centre) announcing the indictment. Pic/AP

Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury for racketeering and other charges related to efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state of Georgia - the fourth set of criminal charges brought against the former US president ahead of his bid to reclaim the White House in 2024.

Trump and 18 others have been indicted on counts that include racketeering in a 41-charge document issued by a Fulton County grand jury on Monday. The indictment marks the fourth time the 77-year-old leader - currently the front-runner among the Republican hopefuls - has been criminally charged this year and could lead to a watershed moment as the first televised trial of a former US president.

The indictment says the alleged co-conspirators "knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favour of Trump". The list of defendants indicted late on Monday night includes former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former White House lawyer John Eastman and former justice department official Jeffrey Clark. Responding to the indictment, Trump told Fox News Digital late on Monday that the charges filed against him in Georgia are "politically inspired".

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