Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry
by Hugo Lowell in Atlanta, Georgia from US news | The Guardian on (#6D5DR)
Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say
The Fulton county district attorney investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia has developed evidence to charge a sprawling racketeering indictment next month, according to two people briefed on the matter.
The racketeering statute in Georgia requires prosecutors to show the existence of an enterprise" - and a pattern of racketeering activity that is predicated on at least two qualifying" crimes.
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