Georgia election racketeering prosecution explained

State of Georgia v. Trump, et al.
Court:Fulton County Superior Court
Full Name:The State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al.
Citations:23SC188947 (indictment)
Judges:Scott F. McAfee
Italic Title:no

The State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al. is a pending criminal case against Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, and 18 co-defendants. The prosecution alleges that Trump led a "criminal racketeering enterprise", in which he and all other defendants "knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome" of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Georgia. All defendants are charged with one count of violating Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, which has a penalty of five to twenty years in prison. The indictment comes in the context of Trump's broader effort to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election., it is one of three ongoing criminal indictments against Trump, although proceedings have been indefinitely suspended.

Defendants are variously charged with forty additional counts from other allegations, including: Trump and co-defendants plotted to create pro-Trump slates of fake electors; Trump called the Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, asking him to "find 11,780 votes", which would have reversed his loss in the state by a single vote margin; and a small group of Trump allies in Coffee County illegally accessed voting systems attempting to find evidence of election fraud.

Following an investigation launched in February 2021 by Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis, a grand jury of 23 citizens handed up the indictments on August 14, 2023.[1] The case was set to be heard in the Fulton County Superior Court with judge Scott F. McAfee presiding.[2] Another judge denied requests from former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeffrey Clark, and three other defendants to have their cases removed to federal court. Four defendants have pleaded guilty to some of the charges and agreed to cooperate with the prosecution, and have received sentences including probation, fines, and making public apologies.[3] The date of trial for the remaining fifteen defendants (who pleaded not guilty)[4] is not yet set., the case is paused while the Georgia Court of Appeals decides whether to disqualify Fani Willis; a hearing on that matter is scheduled for December.

Background

Prior to and during election day

Weeks before the 2016 presidential election, Trump claimed through a series of tweets that widespread voter fraud was imminent, a sentiment echoed by his legal advisor, Rudy Giuliani.[5] Trump repeated the accusations throughout his presidency and into his 2020 reelection campaign; for months, he prepared arguments in the event of his loss, primarily relating to mail-in ballots.[6] As early as August 2020, he enlisted conservative activist and lawyer Cleta Mitchell to help overturn the election.[7] Two days before Election Day (November 3, 2020), he told reporters that he would be "going in with [his] lawyers" as soon as the election was over.[8]

On Election Day, preliminary surveys at polling places showed Trump in the lead as his supporters were more likely to turn out in person amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but his lead diminished as mail-in ballots were counted.[9] At the behest of Giuliani, Trump declared in a 2a.m. election night speech in the East Room that he had won the election and that the counts being reported were fraudulent.[10] As ballots were being counted, campaign data expert Matt Oczkowski bluntly informed Trump that he was going to lose the election. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told him that invalidating the results of the election would be a "murder-suicide pact".[11] Under then-attorney general William Barr, the Department of Justice failed to find widespread voter fraud in the election.[12]

Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich predicted that Trump voters would erupt in "rage",[13] a sentiment shared by House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, who told Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle that Republicans should "not be silent about this".[14]

Efforts to pressure Georgia state officials

On December 3, 2020, a 7-hour hearing of the Georgia Senate Committee on the Judiciary heard Trump's legal team, including Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, made false claims alleging fraud and misconduct in the state's election process, and that the Georgia legislature had the power to appoint electors for Trump.[15] [16] A similar presentation was made to the Georgia House of Representatives Committee on Governmental Relations.

On December 7, Trump called Georgia House Speaker David Ralston asking him to convene a special session of the state legislature to overturn the Georgia election results.[17]

In late December 2020 and early January 2021, Jeffrey Clark, the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division and acting for the DOJ Civil Division, drafted a letter to Georgia officials stating the DOJ had "identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple States", urging the Georgia legislature to convene a special session for the "purpose of considering issues pertaining to the appointment of Presidential Electors". Clark presented the draft letter to acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and his deputy Richard Donoghue for their signatures; they rejected the proposal and the letter was never sent.[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to change the state's election results during an hour-long conference call on January 2, 2021.[25] Trump told Raffensperger, "What I want to do is this. I just want to find, uh, 11,780 votes, which is one more than [the 11,779-vote margin of defeat] we have, because we won the state."[26]

On September 17, Trump wrote to Raffensperger, alleging that 43,000 ballots in DeKalb County had been mishandled and that Raffensperger should "start the process of decertifying the election, or whatever the correct legal remedy is, and announce the true winner." In the 2023 Georgia indictment, the 38th and 39th counts address this act.[27]

Creation of false electoral vote documents

The plan to recruit false electors for Donald Trump and pressure public officials to accept them was spearheaded by Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman in support of the Trump campaign and with the awareness of Trump himself, although other campaign staff expressed doubts about the plan. The plan led to false documents being produced in seven states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.[28] [29] [30]

As is typical, the 16 potential electors for Trump in Georgia were chosen before the election. After Biden won the election, and days before the scheduled casting of electoral votes, the Republican electors received calls asking them to come to the Georgia State Capitol to cast "alternate" ballots, ostensibly in case Texas v. Pennsylvania was ruled in favor of Trump. However, that case was thrown out on December 11, 2020, three days before the electoral vote was to occur, a fact that was withheld from most of the fake electors by Giuliani and Kenneth Chesebro. Four members of the Republican electoral slate declined to participate, including former U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, and were replaced.[31]

Georgia fake electors convened in a meeting room at the state Capitol at the same time the true electors were meeting in the state Senate chamber.[31] State senator Shawn Still verified fake electors' identities as they entered the room, but the meeting was reportedly open to the public, and video was posted that day.[32] Unlike some other states, the Georgia false certificate of ascertainment did not contain language specifying it was to be used only if the Trump campaign prevailed in litigation (one state case, Trump v. Raffensperger, was still pending at the time). The falsified documents were then sent to the U.S. Senate and the National Archives by Giuliani and Chesebro's team.[31]

Coffee County election equipment breach

In the weeks after the election, Trump and his associates publicly disparaged electronic voting company Dominion Voting Systems. In particular, they claimed that ballots were being altered in a process known as "adjudication", intended to resolve minor errors. Trump asserted that human operators could switch Trump-intended votes to Biden votes.[33]

On January 7, someone who had posed as a fake elector, and who had communicated with the Coffee County elections supervisor about election office access, escorted two Trump operatives into the office, which was captured on surveillance video. Allegedly assisted by employees of the data forensics firm SullivanStrickler, they copied data from voting equipment.[34] In a recorded phone conversation, Atlanta Trump supporter Scott Hall recalled that the team "scanned every freaking ballot", including equipment and that they had "imaged all the hard drives" used on Election Day.[35] The Washington Post reported in September 2023 that during the weeks following the 2020 election Hall had conversations with leaders of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Georgia prosecutors said Hall had a 63-minute phone conversation with Jeffrey Clark on January 2, 2021.[36]

January 19 text messages between two men hired by the Trump legal team show intent to use the data to decertify the Georgia presidential results as well as the 2021 Georgia runoff election. The texts were between Sidney Powell associate Jim Penrose, a former National Security Agency official, and Doug Logan, whose firm Cyber Ninjas later ran the 2021 Maricopa County presidential ballot audit.[37]

The firm SullivanStrickler was subpoenaed by the special grand jury convened in this case in 2022.[38] The company has insisted it is "politically agnostic" and had simply accepted paid work as a third-party contractor for the Trump campaign.[39] During the investigation, the two Trump operatives admitted that Sidney Powell had sent them and that they had accessed a voting machine inside the building. Cathy Latham, one of the fake electors who had escorted them into the building, invoked the Fifth Amendment.

Of the 18 co-defendants indicted on August 14, 2023, four—Powell, Hampton, Latham, and Hall—are charged in the Coffee County breach.[40]

Harassment of Fulton County election workers

After the election, Trump and Giuliani amplified a video that was taken out of context, and used the footage to make baseless claims that Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea "Shaye" Moss had committed election fraud. Giuliani accused them of "passing around USB ports as if they were vials of heroin or cocaine" and engaging in "surreptitious illegal activity", citing video footage that, according to Moss, actually showed the women with "a ginger mint".[41] The women and their family members were subjected to anti-Black racist smears and death threats and were warned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that they would not be safe in their home.

Freeman and Moss sued Giuliani for defamation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in December 2021.[42] [43] Giuliani was ordered to pay $89,000 in attorney's fees to them in July 2023 after being sanctioned for failing to turn over evidence in the case.[44] Giuliani admitted his statements had been "defamatory per se", yet denied they had caused "any damages", on July25.[45] The judge entered a default judgment on August30 against Giuliani due to his failure to produce subpoenaed documents.[46]

Moss testified in a June 2022 public hearing before the U.S. House Select Committee on the January6 Attack that after Giuliani's remarks she and her family were subjected to a barrage of racist threats, including "Be glad it's 2020 and not 1920", in reference to lynching in the United States.[47] During her testimony, Freeman said "There is nowhere I feel safe. Nowhere. Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?"[48] [49] Moss said that the false accusations made against her had impacted her well-being "in a major way—in every way—all because of lies".[50]

Indictment

A grand jury indicted Trump and 18 other defendants on August 14, 2023.[51] [52] The indictment mentions 30 unindicted co-conspirators.[53]

Charges

The original criminal charges fell into several clusters:

However, on March 13, 2024, Judge McAfee quashed all six of these charges. He said that their "lack of detail" failed to "give the Defendants enough information to prepare their defenses intelligently" but that prosecutors could seek a new indictment on those charges if they presented more detail.[56] [57]

Defendants

See main article: List of alleged Georgia election racketeers. The 19 defendants named in the indictment are listed in the following tables. Conspiracy charge counts are in italics. Attempt charge counts are underlined. Charges dismissed before trial are stricken through. Latham is listed separately in two of the tables, but her total includes charges from both tables together.[58] [59]

Of these defendants, Hall, Powell, Chesebro, and Ellis have pleaded guilty in return for some charges being dropped.

Name! scope="col" rowspan="2"
FunctionRICO
(1)		Solicitation of public officer (6)False statements (14)Impersonating
a public officer (2)		Forgery
(4)		Filing false
documents (3)		Perjury
(1)		Total
GASoSGASoSDAdocs
President of the United States11222121+113
lawyer133212113
lawyer132212112
fake elector, Coffee County GOP leader1*111111*
lawyer1112121110
lawyer112121+19
fake elector, state GOP chair1121218
lawyer121217
campaign staff121217
fake elector, state senator121217
lawyer112
White House chief of staff112
112
  1. of people charged
1362411101010101
Name! scope="col"
FunctionRICO (1)Election fraud (2)Computer crimes (3)Defrauding the state (1)Total
Coffee County GOP leader, fake elector1*23111*
bail bondsman12317
Coffee County elections supervisor12317
campaign lawyer12317
  1. of people charged
3444
Name! scope="col"
FunctionRICO (1)Solicitation of false statements (1)Influencing witnesses (3)Total
pastor from Illinois111+25
Black Voices for Trump leader1113
publicist from Chicago1113
  1. of people charged
333

There is overlap with the co-conspirators mentioned in the federal indictment of Trump issued two weeks earlier. In the federal indictment, Giuliani was listed as co-conspirator No. #1, Eastman was #2, Powell was #3, Clark was #4, and Chesebro was #5. All five of these people, though not charged in the federal prosecution, are charged as co-defendants in the Georgia prosecution.

The indictment references 30 "unindicted co-conspirators" who allegedly participated in some of the same criminal activities with the 19 defendants. These 30 people are not named in the indictment, but referred to by number. CNN, Just Security, The Washington Post and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution independently cross-referenced details in the indictment with already public information which does name the involved individuals, allowing many of them to be identified. Notable unindicted co-conspirators include Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch, Trump and Giuliani associate Boris Epshteyn, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, GOP political operative Phil Waldron, and current Lt. Governor of Georgia Burt Jones.[60] [61] [62] [63]

Of the 16 fake Georgia electors, three fake electors are named as defendants in the present indictment, four have been identified with a specific unindicted co-conspirator description, and nine are not conclusively tied to a specific unindicted co-conspirator description.[64] [65]

Initial proceedings

Surrender and booking

After the grand jury issued arrest warrants for all 19 defendants per normal procedure, Willis provided the co-defendants an opportunity to voluntarily surrender by noon on August25. All did so,[66] and all but Floyd were immediately released on bond.[67] The defendants surrendered to Fulton County Jail on these dates:

Trump agreed to a $200,000 bond on August21. His pre-negotiated release conditions include only using attorneys to discuss the case with co-defendants or witnesses and not intimidating co-defendants, unindicted co-conspirators, or witnesses on social media.[75] [76] When he surrendered, he used a bail bondsman to post his bail.[77] Trump's mug shot was taken,[78] a procedure not required in his previous indictments.[79] Trump self-reported to authorities a height of and a weight of 215lbs; four months earlier, he told New York authorities he was and 240lbs.[80]

Floyd did not negotiate a bond agreement prior to his surrender and was instead booked, then jailed. While in jail, he refused a consent bond offered by Willis's office. In a court hearing on August25, he was denied bond, being deemed a flight risk due to a pending case against him in Maryland for misdemeanor assault on an FBI agent. He told the court that he was unable to afford a lawyer and ineligible for a court-appointed one.[81] Floyd's bond was set at $100,000 on August29, and he was released the next day.[82] [83] [84]

Giuliani had his bond set at $150,000; Chesebro, Clark, Eastman, Ellis, Floyd, Meadows, and Powell at $100,000; Kutti, Latham, Lee, and Shafer at $75,000; Cheeley, Roman, and Smith at $50,000; and Hall, Hampton, and Still at $10,000.[85] [86]

Arraignments

The arraignment was scheduled for September 6, but all 19 defendants waived their right to appear for their arraignment and pleaded not guilty on the following dates:

Chesebro, Ellis, Hall, and Powell each later pleaded guilty.[91]

Pretrial motions

On the morning of August 24, before Trump's planned surrender, paperwork was filed to have Steven Sadow take over from Drew Findling as Trump's lead counsel.[92] [93]

On September 14, Judge McAfee set a deadline of December 1, 2023, for any pre-trial motions by the co-defendants (Chesebro and Powell excluded).[94]

On October 10, Willis argued that Chesebro's five memos should not be protected by attorney-client privilege (as his attorneys had requested on September 21)[95] since they did not contain advice about litigation but rather a political strategy for interrupting the transfer of power to Biden.[96]

Floyd tagging Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and former Fulton County poll worker Ruby Freeman on social media and speaking on podcasts, thereby violating his bond agreement, prompted Willis to, on November 15, ask Judge McAfee to revoke Floyd's bond and send him back to jail.[97] In a decision dated November 21, McAfee decided not to revoke the bond, although he agreed that Floyd had violated it. Instead, he asked the prosecution and defense to agree on how to revise the bond terms to more clearly address how to protect public safety.[98]

A pretrial hearing was held on December 1.

Attempts to dismiss charges

In an August 19 motion, Meadows asked for the case to be dismissed entirely, arguing that "[t]he State's prosecution of Mr.Meadows threatens the important federal interest in providing the President of the United States with close, confidential advice and assistance, firmly entranced in federal law for nearly 100 years." The motion also argues that Meadows is immune under the First Amendment, protecting political speech, and the Fourteenth Amendment, prohibiting charges arising from statutes that are "unconstitutionally vague". In addition, since the Georgia indictment charges Meadows for his actions in other states, the motion raises the possibility that any state could therefore prosecute him for his activities in Georgia, the implications of which "are staggering".[99]

In a filing dated September 11, Trump asked for several charges to be dismissed.[100]

Powell said the review of the voting system had been legal because Coffee County authorized it.[101] On October 5, McAfee denied Powell's motion to dismiss the charges; he said he had no authority to do that so close to her trial.[102]

On October 11, Chesebro and Powell's lawyers argued that their clients should not face the RICO charge.[103] Chesebro argued that the pro-Trump electors were indeed public officers under federal law, not merely impersonating public officers, and that he therefore could not have conspired in their impersonation. On October 17, Judge McAfee said he would not dismiss the charges. He said that, although Chesebro may disagree with "the state's legal interpretation", the charges were not "defective".[104] [105]

On January 8, 2024, Trump asked for the criminal charges against him to be dismissed on the basis of "presidential immunity". The acts described in the indictment are "at the heart of his official responsibilities as President", his team said in the filing.[106] [107]

On January 19, 2024, Floyd appeared for a hearing on his motions to dismiss charges.[108] On May 28, McAfee said that Floyd could continue his efforts to access over 500,000 ballots from Fulton County, which Floyd says he expects will provide evidence of voter fraud. Floyd is claiming that he was genuinely concerned about fraud and thus that the charges against him are invalid.[109]

On March 28, 2024, McAfee was scheduled to hear arguments from Trump's lawyers based on the First Amendment and from Shafer's lawyers based on their assertion that Shafer's conduct was legal.[110] On April 4, McAfee rejected Trump's claim that his statements are protected political speech.[111]

Attempts to remove to federal court

Five defendants asked the federal U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to move their cases to federal court, called "removal". Though all charges would remain under Georgia state law, the consequences of removal would include widening the geographic range of the jury pool and prohibiting cameras in the courtroom.[112] District Court Judge Steve C. Jones presided over their hearings. All five defendants' motions to remove were denied in September 2023.[113]

On August15, the day after the indictment, Meadows filed a motion to have his case removed to federal court. He argued that, under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, he is immune from state prosecution for anything he did while he served as White House Chief of Staff. Meadows' removal hearing was on August28.[114] On September8, Judge Jones rejected Meadows's request, finding he had not met even the "quite low" threshold for removal. Meadows immediately appealed the ruling to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and asked Jones for an emergency stay of his Georgia case while his appeal was pending.[115] On September12, Jones rejected Meadows's request to pause his case.[116] On December 15, Meadows had a removal hearing in the appeals court,[117] which on December 18 rejected Meadows' motion.[118] On January 2, 2024, Meadows asked for his removal request to be heard by all 12 judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,[119] but on February 28, his request for a hearing was denied.[120] On July 26, his attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his removal request. They cited the Supreme Court's decision earlier that month in Trump v. United States which ruled that former presidents have some immunity.[121]

On August21, Clark also filed a motion to remove his case to federal court. Clark claimed the same protections from state prosecution as Meadows, as Clark was a Justice Department official at the time. His filing additionally argued that the entire case should be removed to federal court for all defendants.[122] [123] Clark's removal hearing was on September18.[124] On September29, Jones rejected the motion. On October9, Clark appealed.[125]

Jones denied requests from Meadows and Clark to delay their arrests, so they surrendered to the Georgia court in August 2023 before their removal requests were heard.[126] [127] [128]

Defendants Shafer, Latham, and Still filed motions in August to remove the case to federal court.[129] They asserted in these filings that they had convened as alternate electors "at the direction of" Trump via his attorneys, making them federal officials.[130] [131] At a hearing on September20, their lawyers argued that the Electoral Count Act of 1887 legally allowed the casting of contingent electoral ballots because a Georgia state court case was still pending past the specified safe harbor date, six days before the electoral vote date.[132] [133] On September29, Jones rejected the motion, noting that federal law does not in fact explicitly create the position of contingent elector. On October6, Shafer, Latham, and Still appealed.

Though Trump had formally indicated he might seek removal to federal court,[134] he told the court on September28, the day before his deadline to seek removal, that he would not do so.[135]

Speedy trial and severance requests

On August 23, Chesebro requested a quick trial under Georgia's Speedy Trial Act.The judge set his trial for October 23, taking Willis's suggestion. (Willis additionally asked to try all 19 defendants speedily together on this date, but the judge did not immediately address her request.)[136] [137] On August 25, Powell also requested a speedy trial.[138]

On September 6, a hearing, the first televised one in the case, was held to address their requests to sever their cases from each other and from the other defendants. (Powell asserted she had "no substantive connection" with any other defendant.)[139] [140] [141] Judge McAfee denied the Chesebro and Powell motions to sever from each other,[142] and Powell's trial was set for the same day as Chesebro's.[143] On September 29, special prosecutor Nathan Wade told McAfee that the DA's office would extend plea deals to Chesebro and Powell.[144] Powell accepted a deal on October 19.[145] Chesebro accepted a deal on October 20.[146]

Trump advised the court on August24 that he opposed a speedy trial,[147] [148] and filed a motion to sever on August 31.[149] On November 27, Eastman asked to be tried before Trump. Meadows has said he wants to be tried alone.[150]

Dismissal of solicitation charges

On March 13, Judge McAfee dismissed six charges including three against Trump. The dismissed charges dealt with soliciting public officers, including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and then-Georgia House Speaker David Ralson, to violate their oaths. The judge said the prosecution did not allege sufficient detail to "give the Defendants enough information to prepare their defenses intelligently". The judge noted that the deficiency was "easily remedied", but since Georgia standards for indictments are stricter than federal standards, the charges could not be clarified during a court proceeding, but would need a new grand jury indictment. The order leaves intact other charges.

Proceedings on prosecutorial impropriety

Background

On January 8, 2024, Mike Roman's attorney filed with the court alleging that Fani Willis and Nathan Wade had a romantic relationship. Willis had hired Wade as special prosecutor in the Trump case in November 2021. The filing asserted that Willis went on vacations with Wade and so Willis profited from hiring him, which would be a conflict of interest. The filing requested that the charges against Roman be dropped. It also requested that Willis be disqualified from the case; Willis's office said it would motion to have this request dismissed.[151] [152] [153] On January 25, Trump joined Roman's effort by filing a similar complaint.[154]

Wade was concurrently involved with divorce proceedings from his wife, Joycelyn, which had also begun in November 2021. On January 8, 2024, Joycelyn's attorneys subpoenaed Willis to testify in the divorce case.[155] On January 19, Joycelyn filed in her divorce case that Nathan had purchased a 2022 trip for himself and Willis to Miami with a Royal Caribbean cruise and a 2023 trip to San Francisco and a Napa Valley hotel. Clara Bowman (reportedly Nathan's mother) came too.[156] On January 22, a judge in Cobb County Superior Court unsealed the records of the Wades' ongoing divorce.[157] The unsealed records had no reference to an alleged affair between Nathan and Willis.[158] On January 30, Nathan and Joycelyn Wade reached a temporary agreement on some of their issues.[159] Willis and Nathan had been scheduled to testify in the Wades' divorce, but their depositions were no longer needed.

On January 14, Willis made her first public comments about the allegation, saying Wade is qualified for his role and is paid the same rate as the other two special prosecutors on the case.[160] According to The New York Times, Wade had little prior prosecutorial experience beyond being employed for about a year in the late 1990s by the Cobb County Solicitor's Office, which prosecutes misdemeanors and traffic citations.[161]

Hearing

On January 18, with Willis unwilling to recuse herself,[162] Judge McAfee scheduled a hearing on Roman's request to dismiss her from the case. On February 2, the court deadline for Willis to respond to the allegation,[163] she acknowledged she had been in a personal relationship with Wade since 2022 but said she had no financial or personal conflict of interest and that there were no grounds for her dismissal.[164] Willis and Wade were subpoenaed to testify at the February 15 hearing.[165]

Seventeen ethics experts, former prosecutors and defense attorneys filed a "friend of the court" brief with Judge McAfee on February 5. They found that, even if all of Roman's allegations were true, they would "not even come close" to requiring Willis be removed from the case, or that the charges be dropped.[166]

On February 12, McAfee said he would consider removing Willis from the case if he finds a financial conflict of interest. McAfee clarified that not all of Roman's complaints are relevant and that, at a February 15 hearing, he would consider details of the Willis–Wade relationship only in the context of whether the relationship led to financial benefit.[167]

At the first day of the hearing, Roman's lawyers questioned whether prosecutors had lied in their affidavit about when they began their romantic relationship.[168] On February 27, Wade's former law partner Terrence Bradley testified that he did not know when Wade and Willis's relationship began. Although Bradley had previously informed the defense team[169] that the relationship began in "late 2019," he testified that "I speculated on some things."[170] On March 4, Shafer's attorneys asked to subpoena Cindi Lee Yeager, a co-chief deputy district attorney for Cobb County, should McAfee reopen hearings.[171]

Ruling and aftermath

On March15, Judge Scott McAfee ruled that either Willis (along with her office) or Wade must leave the case, because their relationship brought about a "significant appearance of impropriety".[172] [173] Willis committed a "tremendous lapse in judgment" and her "testimony during the evidentiary hearing" was "unprofessional", but "simply making bad choices – even repeatedly" does not establish an actual conflict of interest under Georgia law, stated McAfee.[174] As there was not enough evidence that Willis "acquired a personal stake in the prosecution, or that her financial arrangements had any impact on the case", an actual conflict of interest was not proven, ruled McAfee.[175] Later that day, Wade resigned from the case.[176] [177]

On May6, ABC's Good Morning America aired an interview with Wade regarding the matter.[178] [179]

Appeal to dismiss Fani Willis from the case

After Wade resigned, satisfying McAfee's March15 ruling, Trump continued to seek Fani Willis's removal from the case as well. On March20, McAfee allowed Trump to turn to the Georgia Court of Appeals,[180] though McAfee clarified that Trump's appeal of this matter would not delay "the many other unrelated pending pretrial motions" that McAfee was addressing.[181]

On March29, Trump submitted the appeal.[182] On April8, Willis asked the court to reject it.[183]

On May8, the Georgia Court of Appeals said it would hear the appeal to dismiss Willis,[184] and on June 5, it paused the election racketeering case until it decides about Willis.[185] Oral arguments were tentatively set for October4 before judges E. Trenton Brown III, Benjamin A. Land, and Todd Markle,[186] then delayed to December 5.[187] While such cases usually rely on legal briefs, Trump's team asked the court to hear oral arguments.[188]

Guilty pleas

Name! scope="col"
DatePleaded guilty toSentence
Scott HallConspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties (5 misdemeanor counts)Five years of probation, $5,000 fine, 200 hours of community service, a public apology to the state of Georgia, and to testify truthfully in future trials.
Sidney PowellOctober 19, 2023Conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties (6 misdemeanor counts)Six years of probation, $6,000 fine, $2,700 restitution, a public apology to the state of Georgia, and to testify truthfully in future trials.[189] [190]
October 20, 2023Conspiracy to commit filing false documents (1 felony count)Five years of probation, $5,000 restitution, 100 hours of community service, a public apology to the state of Georgia, and to testify truthfully in future trials.
Jenna EllisOctober 24, 2023Aiding and abetting false statements and writings (1 felony count)Five years of probation, $5,000 restitution, 100 hours of community service, a public apology to the state of Georgia, and to testify truthfully in future trials.[191]
Hall and Powell had each originally been charged with seven felonies related to the Coffee County election equipment breach.[192] [193] These felony charges were dropped when they instead pleaded guilty to misdemeanors: Hall to five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties and Powell to six counts of intentionally interfering with the performance of election duties.

Chesebro had originally been charged with seven felonies related to electoral vote obstruction. He pleaded guilty to only one of these felonies: conspiracy to commit filing false documents. At the hearing where he pleaded guilty, he admitted to conspiring with Trump and Giuliani.[194] He must turn over all evidence in his possession.[195]

All four agreed to testify truthfully regarding defendants; not speak to witnesses, defendants, or media; and submit to the court a letter apologizing to the state and people of Georgia.[196] [197] [198] [199] Hall wrote a few paragraphs, but Powell and Chesebro each wrote only one sentence.[200] Ellis read her apology aloud to the judge.[201]

Powell worked closely with the Trump campaign's legal team during the post-election period, and thus many people anticipate that she has significant information about Trump and Giuliani.[202] She is required to testify about the defendants, yet she may be able to plead the Fifth in response to some questions to avoid self-incrimination. (Although she no longer faces charges in Georgia, she may eventually face federal charges; the federal indictment for election obstruction describes her as Co-conspirator No.3.)[203] Powell later promoted claims that Willis had "extorted" her into pleading guilty, despite having stated in a court filing that her plea had been made voluntarily, and continued to allege that the election was rigged.[204]

Roman, Cheeley, Hampton, and at least three other defendants rejected similar plea deals., Eastman had not been offered a deal;[205] [206] on November 27, he asked for an extension on the deadline for deals. The Guardian reported that prosecutors did not intend to offer a deal to Trump, Giuliani, or Meadows.[207]

Proffer video leak

The four who pleaded guilty gave recorded interviews. Hampton's attorney, Jonathan Miller III, leaked these proffer videos to the media,[208] [209] and parts of them were published on November 13:

The day after the videos were published, Willis renewed her request for a protective order over discovery materials, this time on an emergency basis. Her court filing alleged that the leak was "clearly intended to intimidate witnesses in this case".[210] Most defense attorneys agreed to allow some material to be marked "sensitive". Though Miller had argued that "the public needs to know" about the testimony (he said it helped his client's case), McAfee disagreed that it was appropriate "to start litigating the case before we actually get inside of a courtroom". On November 16, McAfee issued the protective order.[211]

Trials

Hall, Powell, Chesebro, and Ellis will not be tried because they have pleaded guilty.

The trial for the 15 remaining defendants will not be scheduled until the court decides whether to remove Fani Willis from the case.[212] Oral arguments regarding Fani Willis will be held October 4, 2024.

While Fani Willis (if she remains on the case) may decide not to bring the case to trial against Trump as a sitting president (if he is elected in November),[213] there is no requirement that a president's trial must be delayed until their presidency is over.[214]

On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that, for acts considered "official", former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution. Further, evidence of these official acts cannot be used to prosecute them for other acts.[215] [216] [217] This will affect the Georgia prosecution in various ways. For example, Trump's interviews with Justice Department attorneys can no longer be introduced as evidence in the Georgia trial.[218]

Date and duration

On August 16, 2023, Willis motioned for all defendants to be tried together beginning March 4, 2024. The filing said that the schedule had been chosen so as not to conflict with Trump's already-scheduled court dates in other matters, "but also to protect the State of Georgia's and the public's interest in a prompt resolution of the charges". The requested trial date was nearly two months into the 2024 Republican Party presidential primary season, and one day before Super Tuesday. Former U.S. Attorney for Georgia Michael J. Moore expressed doubt that the motions and discovery process would be completed so quickly, and that Willis actually believed the case would be ready by March. "I think it's just a PR move", he said.[219]

In early September, while discussing whether all defendants could be tried together on the expedited date given to Chesebro and Powell, prosecutors estimated that a 19-defendant proceeding would involve a lengthy jury selection followed by a four-month trial that called 150 witnesses. Judge McAfee responded that he expected such a trial would take longer[220] and later confirmed that the other defendants would not share Chesebro and Powell's trial date.[221]

Chesebro and Powell had been scheduled to be tried on October 23, and Judge McAfee had ordered that hundreds of potential jurors should appear beginning on October20,[222] but both defendants pleaded guilty shortly before juror selection began.[198]

In November 2023, Willis proposed starting the trial on August 5, 2024, expecting that it might continue into early 2025; she anticipated that "defendant Trump's other criminal trials" might delay his case but acknowledged that other defendants have a right to a "speedy trial".[223] Specifically, Trump was expected to (and did) appeal his federal election-obstruction trial, which at the time was scheduled for March 2024. It was further expected that this appeal of the federal case might delay trials in New York and Florida, set for March and May respectively;[224] those cases were delayed, though for other reasons. The New York trial was only briefly delayed and concluded on May 30.

In January 2024, because Shawn Still was serving in the Georgia General Assembly, he was given extra time for pretrial filings.[225] He filed six motions and had a hearing in May.[226]

Procedures and potential witnesses

Unlike the proceedings in Trump's other three indictments where photography was not permitted, the Georgia proceedings will be livestreamed on YouTube and journalists will be allowed to use their phones in the courtroom.[227] [228] However, the juries will remain anonymous at least until the end of trial[229] and will have security.

During Chesebro and Powell's trial preparation, prosecutors had filed to seek testimony from Boris Epshteyn, Lin Wood, several GOP officials in other states,[230] conspiracy theorist Alex Jones (whose attorney said he would plead the Fifth),[231] and RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.[232]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in December 2023 that the prosecution's nearly 200-person witness list included former vice president Mike Pence, former attorney general Bill Barr, former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and his deputy Richard Donoghue, congressman Scott Perry and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon.[233]

Reactions

U.S. House Republicans opened an investigation into Willis hours before Trump surrendered for arrest. Congressman Jim Jordan wrote her asking if she had coordinated with the Smith special counsel investigation or used federal money in her investigation. Jordan demanded Willis provide documents and communications by September 7.[234] [235] Willis wrote to Jordan on September 7 that his letter contained "inaccurate information and misleading statements", alleging he was seeking to "obstruct a Georgia criminal proceeding and to advance outrageous misrepresentations" without constitutional authority, for his personal political gain.[236]

Some Georgia Republican legislators, notably state senator Colton Moore, proposed convening a special legislative session to consider impeaching Willis. Such a move would require consent of Democrats, and Republican governor Brian Kemp said he opposed it to prevent "political theater that only inflames the emotions of the moment" and "some grifter scam" to raise campaign contributions for Moore.[237]

In May 2023, Georgia Republicans enacted a law that created a commission empowered to discipline or remove state prosecutors who were alleged to have violated their duties. As he signed the bill creating the commission, Governor Kemp said it would curb "far-left prosecutors" who are "making our communities less safe". Days after the Willis indictments, state senator Chad Dixon announced he would file a complaint against Willis when the commission commenced in October, alleging she had weaponized the justice system against political opponents with an "unabashed goal to become some sort of leftist celebrity".[238] [239] Hours after the commission became effective on October 1, eight Republican Georgia senators filed a complaint seeking to have Willis sanctioned for her alleged "improperly cherry-picked cases to further her personal political agenda".[240]

On September 14, 2023, one of the defendants, Jenna Ellis, said she would not support Trump for office again because he does not accept responsibility for his wrongdoings.[241]

On September 15, 2023, a three-judge panel ruled that the charges against Shawn Still would not automatically deprive him of his state senate seat.[242]

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  198. Web site: Breuninger . Kevin . 2023-10-20 . Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia case, following Sidney Powell . 2023-10-22 . CNBC . en . [Chesebro] must...submit an apology letter to the court..
  199. News: Gardner . Amy . Bailey . Holly . 2023-11-14 . Ex-Trump allies detail efforts to overturn election in Georgia plea videos . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-11-14 . 0190-8286.
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  205. Web site: Cohen . Zachary . Valencia . Nick . Morris . Jason . 2023-10-25 . Fulton County DA is discussing plea deals with at least 5 more Trump co-defendants . 2023-10-26 . CNN Politics . en.
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  208. News: Wickert . David . November 15, 2023 . Judge to issue protective order in Georgia Trump case . English . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118010415/https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-to-issue-protective-order-in-georgia-trump-case/D5SWV2HPXND4VDMZNWYK3UDE5M/ . 2023-11-18 . 2023-11-16 . 1539-7459.
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  210. News: Willis . Fani T. . Wooten . John W. "Will" . November 14, 2023 . State's Emergency Renewed Motion for Protective Order over Discovery Materials, Case No. 23SC188947 . November 14, 2023 . Washington Post.
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  212. Web site: Grenoble . Ryan . 2024-05-08 . Georgia Appeals Court Agrees To Reconsider Fani Willis Ruling . 2024-05-08 . HuffPost . en.
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  214. Web site: Collins . Kaitlan . Cohen . Zachary . Morris . Jason . 2024-06-12 . Former Atlanta prosecutor says he expects Trump will be tried in Georgia even if he wins the White House . 2024-06-13 . CNN . en.
  215. News: Hurley . Lawrence . July 1, 2024 . Supreme Court provides win to Trump, ruling he has immunity for many acts in election interference indictment . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701143716/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-may-immunity-federal-election-inter-rcna149135 . July 1, 2024 . July 1, 2024 . NBC News.
  216. Web site: Fisher . Joe . 2024-07-01 . Supreme Court rules Trump has partial immunity for official acts only . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701175056/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/07/01/supreme-court-trump-immunity-opinion/2581719843674/ . 2024-07-01 . 2024-07-01 . United Press International . en.
  217. Web site: Savage . Charlie . Charlie Savage (author) . July 1, 2024 . Highlights of the Supreme Court Ruling on Presidential Immunity . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240702183135/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/us/politics/supreme-court-immunity-ruling-highlights.html . July 2, 2024 . July 2, 2024 . The New York Times.
  218. News: Rankin . Bill . Parts of Fulton County Trump case could be gutted by Supreme Court immunity decision . 2024-07-10 . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . English . 1539-7459.
  219. Web site: Cohen . Zachary . August 16, 2023 . Fulton County district attorney wants Trump trial to begin March 4, 2024 -- one day before Super Tuesday primaries . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230817011758/https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/politics/trump-trial-request-march-4/index.html . August 17, 2023 . August 17, 2023 . CNN Politics . en.
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  221. Web site: Sneed . Tierney . 2023-09-14 . Georgia judge shuts down DA's effort to try Trump and co-defendants together . 2023-09-14 . CNN . en.
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  224. News: Hallerman . Tamar . Rankin . Bill . Wickert . David . January 8, 2024 . Trump immunity fight in D.C. could derail, delay Fulton case . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240108201855/https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-immunity-fight-in-dc-could-derail-delay-fulton-case/CBS35LI4PRHTTFL52RSPLOOVV4/ . 2024-01-08 . 2024-01-08 . . English.
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  226. Web site: Moore . Jessica . 2024-05-29 . Motions hearing held for Georgia Senator, Trump co-defendant Shawn Still . 2024-06-13 . 11Alive.com . en-US.
  227. News: Joyner . Chris . Judge in Trump RICO case orders protections for jurors . English . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231003144218/https://www.ajc.com/news/judge-in-trump-rico-case-orders-protections-for-jurors/55HTD7OMAJH33PT7KEOV7URS5Y/ . 25 September 2023 . 2023-10-03 . 2023-09-26 . 1539-7459.
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  229. Web site: Visser . Nick . 2023-09-26 . Jurors Will Remain Secret In Trump's Georgia Trial Amid Safety Concerns, Judge Rules . 2023-09-26 . HuffPost . en.
  230. News: Hallerman . Tamar . Joyner . Chris . October 5, 2023 . Fulton DA previews witnesses for first Trump RICO trial . English . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240128132819/https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-da-previews-witnesses-for-first-trump-rico-trial/4XPJ4CPP5VD3LMN5QXIAAJV6VQ/ . 2024-01-28 . 2023-10-05 . 1539-7459.
  231. Web site: Cheney . Kyle . 2023-10-10 . Alex Jones to fight Georgia prosecutors' bid to call him as witness in trial of Trump co-defendants . 2023-10-12 . . en.
  232. News: Joyner . Chris . Hallerman . Tamar . October 10, 2023 . Prosecution witness list grows in Trump Fulton election case . English . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231012175632/https://www.ajc.com/news/prosecution-witness-list-grows-in-trump-fulton-election-case/QQHEVYDRGVAATPSILJAZFBKNFY/ . 12 October 2023 . 2023-10-11 . 1539-7459.
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  234. News: Morgan . David . August 24, 2023 . US House Republicans launch probe of Atlanta DA in Trump election case . . August 29, 2023.
  235. News: Peller . Lauren . August 24, 2023 . GOP's Jordan launches probe of Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis ahead of Trump's surrender . . August 29, 2023.
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  237. News: Amy . Jeff . Efforts to punish Fani Willis over Trump prosecution are 'political theater,' Georgia Gov. Kemp says . . August 31, 2023 . 28 January 2024 .
  238. News: Amy . Jeff . Georgia enacts law letting panel punish, oust prosecutors . . May 5, 2023 . 28 January 2024 .
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