On August 14, 2023, (click here) a Fulton County, Georgia grand jury indicted Donald Trump on 13 counts of criminal felonies. The charges revolve around Trump’s and 18 co-defendants’ efforts to overturn the will of the voters and interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election.
On August 24, 2023, Donald Trump surrendered at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia. As part of his release, he agreed to a $200,000 bond and certain release terms, including agreeing not to use social media to target or harass his co-defendants or witnesses who might appear in the criminal proceedings.
All 19 defendants, including Trump, are charged with criminal racketeering under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, which ties together individual criminal acts into a broader criminal network and conspiracy.
The grand jury heard from many witnesses, including state officials who were asked by Trump and his allies to help overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
What I find incredibly unsettling is the persistent harassment by Mr. Trump of Mr. Raffensperger who diligently was trying to get him to understand they have found no fraud in the election. I sincerely believe Mr. Raffensperger thought Mr. Trump was misdirected by others and needed to understand the facts and not fiction. I think there is great respect of the former president to listen and validate his concerns, but, Trump gave them no respect in return.
I think Mr. Raffensperger is a great American. I believe he loves the country and the rule of law. He has integrity and that means a lot.
By David Bauder, Randall Chase and Geoff Mulvihill
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Fox News (click here) agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company’s lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020 presidential election.
The stunning settlement emerged just as opening statements were supposed to begin, abruptly ending a case that had embarrassed Fox News over several months and raised the possibility that network founder Rupert Murdoch and stars such as Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity would have to testify publicly.
“The truth matters. Lies have consequences,” Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson told reporters outside a Delaware courthouse after Superior Court Judge Eric Davis announced the deal....
The FCC has enormous amount of evidence to severely review licenses of these broadcast frauds.
By Andrew Goudsward
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani (click here) must pay more than $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers he defamed through false accusations that they helped rig the 2020 election against Donald Trump, a jury decided on Friday.
The jury in federal court in Washington found that Giuliani owes the workers, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, roughly $73 million to compensate them for the reputational and emotional harm they suffered and $75 million to punish the former Trump lawyer and one-time New York mayor for his conduct....
Sorry folks, but, the conspiracy touted by the Trump camp is so big that it falls as false by it's own weight.
