Open Thread | The Indictments Come Down In Georgia

Fulton County, Georgia!

Sat there watching MSNBC and waited.

BIG FLAG: a Fulton County grand jury has returned 10 indictments. @CharlieGileNBC snapped this photo at the clerk’s office.

We are awaiting names and details. pic.twitter.com/IwGVxsck80

— Blayne Alexander (@ReporterBlayne) August 15, 2023

10 indictments, everybody involved is indicted… And look at the black folks, delivering the news! God is good! #TrumpIndictment4 #TrumpIndictment pic.twitter.com/juF4swdyfO

— Viktor’s RenaiSéance (@wondermann5) August 15, 2023

BREAKING: The Fulton County grand jury investigating whether Donald Trump and his allies attempted to interfere with Georgia’s 2020 presidential election has returned 10 indictments.

It is not yet clear which individuals are charged.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 15, 2023

Finally out!!!

R-I-C-O

Read the 98-page indictment of Donald Trump and 18 others in Fulton County, Georgia:https://t.co/RZ8q7FFUET

— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) August 15, 2023

Hold onto your seats, folks! The moment we've all been waiting for: #Trump & his crew of 19 people, including Rudy Giuliani indictment unsealed in Fulton County! Looks like the legal saga just got juicier! #TrumpIndictments #Indictment #INDICTMENTS pic.twitter.com/grszbDHmvt

— Mario Pawlowski #ViralMario (@PawlowskiMario) August 15, 2023

Trump is not only indicted, his name is mentioned 193 times in the indictment, and the charges go out of the way to show Trump directly violated the law pic.twitter.com/XnimQyLzE6

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) August 15, 2023

The indictment suggests there are 30 unindicated co-conspirators pic.twitter.com/GZtKSo0wRb

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 15, 2023

Those indicted in Georgia:

Donald Trump
Rudy Giuliani, Trump lawyer
Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff
John Eastman, Trump lawyer
Kenneth Chesebro, pro-Trump lawyer
Jeffrey Clark, top Justice Department official
Jenna Ellis, Trump campaign lawyer
Robert Cheeley, lawyer who…

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 15, 2023

The man who has held countless rallies filled with racist misogynists chanting “Lock Her Up” — will likely be locked up by a black woman.

Karma is a witty little b*tch.#LockHimUp #TrumpIndictment4 pic.twitter.com/udPCP8UO3F

— JΛKΣ (@USMCLiberal) August 15, 2023

41 counts.

Forty f'n one. pic.twitter.com/hSY7NMAwGQ

— Hope Restored In DFW (@Kennymack1971) August 15, 2023

I want to salute Fulton County @FaniforDA, a courageous prosecutor who has shown the mettle, the integrity & the fearlessness demanded by this moment. She has been threatened, maligned by Trump & his followers & underestimated by pundits. But she has faced down all of them.

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) August 15, 2023

Fani Taifa Willis of Inglewood, California. That’s the tweet. pic.twitter.com/alFioveAEm

— The Chanteezy Is Real (@iamchanteezy) August 15, 2023

MAJOR BREAKING: Trump has just been INDICTED by Fani Willis — his FOURTH criminal indictment, and one with some of the most serious charges against him.

Multiple indictments were also handed down by the grand jury against a number of Trump allies.

More details below. pic.twitter.com/zCDYKsPX2u

— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) August 15, 2023

The basic structure here: 1 count of RICO applied to all 19 defendants. 161 overt acts, of which DA has to prove only 2, in furtherance of the conspiracy. 40 of those are crimes, and those are charged separately, re only those defendants who committed them as counts 2-41.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 15, 2023

Charges against Donald Trump:

*Violation of the Georgia RICO Act

*Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer

*Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer

*Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree

*Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings…

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 15, 2023

Neal Katyal had the most important & hopeful words of the day: “The picture being painted today is that the law has caught up with donald trump.” #IndictmentWatch

— Kenny BooYah! (@KwikWarren) August 15, 2023

The fourth indictment of Donald Trump, just like the three which came before it, portrays a repeated pattern of criminal activity by the former president.

From @RepJeffries and me: pic.twitter.com/rNWuBJo3c9

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 15, 2023

Former publicist for Kanye West's 2020 presidential campaign Trevian Kutti was also indicted in Georgia just now pic.twitter.com/Tdqtad30M4

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 15, 2023

This statement by Ruby Freeman just stays in my head tonight. We must never forget that Trump’s alleged crimes were not victimless crimes. And to the extent that as a former President he continues to target judges and prosecutors, the danger Trump poses has not been neutralized. pic.twitter.com/2keNIWo4BK

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) August 15, 2023

The Georgia Indictments say there were zero "no bills." That means that the Grand Jury decided to indict in all cases that the DA (the prosecutor) sought. This is very very bad news for Trump, and likely others in his circle.

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) August 15, 2023

That's a hell of a picture. pic.twitter.com/epkJrbnXay

— the X Mobile app Looks like tiktok and Threads (@reesetheone1) August 15, 2023

Because of a previous crooked Georgia Governor, pardon power has been REMOVED from the authority of the Georgia Governor. Kemp can’t do shyt in terms of a pardon.

With how openly racist the "Stop the steal" movement was it's poetic justice that it's black women that will be putting Trump and his crew in prison.

— Bad Faith (@Jeffdc5) August 15, 2023

I don’t know this woman, but she has my full support. I will proudly swing a folding chair in her defense. https://t.co/xwWOWW2oYp

— Craig Seymour, Black Gay Music Critic (@craigspoplife) August 15, 2023

Folks — the devil went down to Georgia, he was lookin’ for an election to steal.

— Dark Brandon (@VoteDarkBrandon) August 15, 2023

These are some of the witnesses who testified to the Fulton County grand jury. Everyone on this list is a Republican.
Chris Carr
Pat Cippollone
Geoff Duncan
Boris Epshteyn
Michael Flynn
Rudy Giuliani
Lindsey Graham
Brian Kemp
Mark Meadows
Brad Raffensperger
Gabriel Sterling

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 15, 2023

Hillary was right. About everything.

Hillary Clinton looks amazing, while speaking truth. #HillaryWasRight pic.twitter.com/Gr2Zyl0rns

— The Chanteezy Is Real (@iamchanteezy) August 15, 2023

Adding sister DA Fani Willis to our prayer circle. She will be attacked by the media, MAGA, and everyone in between. She is fierce but even the strongest among us needs to be lifted up and kept in our thoughts and prayers. https://t.co/dtfM3WzSkx pic.twitter.com/4fFBRTLVNK

— Candidly Tiff (@tify330) August 15, 2023