Trump indicted for vote meddling in Georgia

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 16, 2023 12:08 am

(UPDATE) ATLANTA, Georgia: Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday on charges of racketeering and a string of election crimes after a sprawling, two-year probe into his efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat to Joe Biden in the southeastern American state of Georgia.

The case — relying on laws typically used to bring down mobsters — is the fourth targeting the 77-year-old Republican this year and could lead to a watershed moment: the first televised trial of a former president in US history.

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