August 14, 2023 02:49 PM UTC

Oops! Georgia Court Leaks Document Full of Trump Felonies

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE 9:10PM: Indictment details are beginning to trickle out, and it appears that both Colorado-connected co-conspirators John Eastman and Jenna Ellis are set to face felony charges along with Donald Trump:

The charges against Trump and allies are beginning to surface on the Fulton County docket. #gapol pic.twitter.com/YcOXy2imsm

— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) August 15, 2023

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UPDATE 7:30PM: The wait’s over, reports the Washington Post:

An Atlanta-area grand jury returned an indictment Monday night after hearing from witnesses earlier in the day in the probe into whether former president Donald Trump and his associates broke the law when they sought to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia. Who has been indicted and the exact charges are not yet known.

The high-profile investigation, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D), is widely expected to result in multiple charges for several defendants — including Trump and several close associates.

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UPDATE: Rep. Lauren Boebert assumes it’s all part of the conspiracy:

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As Politico’s Kelly Garrity reports, an itchy metaphorical trigger finger offered a brief glimpse of the felony charges being considered against former President Donald Trump by a Georgia grand jury, which could pending that body’s decision become very public by the end of the week:

The county court in Georgia where Donald Trump is expected to be charged this week briefly posted and then quickly removed a document on Monday detailing several charges against the former president over his alleged election interference in the state in 2020.

The Fulton County document, first reported by Reuters, includes Trump’s name and lists the case status as “open.” It’s dated Aug. 14, and timed-stamped 12:39 p.m. The document lists 12 felony counts and one serious felony count for violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, Act. According to Reuters, charges have not been filed against Trump…

The publication and quick removal of the document comes as Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis appears to be on the verge of bringing criminal charges in her investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state.

The limited information about the charges listed in this quickly-retracted document appear to span alleged crimes from the day after the 2020 presidential election through September of 2021. That includes two charges dated January 2nd, 2021, the day of Trump’s phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking Raffensperger to “reevaluate” the result of the election in that state.

Of all the charges outlined here, the most potentially serious for Trump as well as possible co-conspirators is Georgia’s racketeering law, which allows the prosecutor to piece together the conspiracy and the actions of multiple players in the commission of a larger crime. These are also, of course, state charges that not even Trump himself could pardon in the event he (trigger warning) becomes President again.

It’s more than we were supposed to find out today, and needless to say we’re staying tuned.