Here are 8 Reasons Why Trump is greatly harmed by the Georgia indictment.

About indictment

On August 14, 2023, a grand jury in Georgia indicted Donald Trump on criminal charges. In his most recent indictment, Trump is accused of 13 criminal offenses, including breaking Georgia's RICO Act, which carries a sentence of five to twenty years in jail. Trump now faces a total of 91 criminal counts, including these additional charges on top of the 78 counts he currently has in the previous three instances.

What is Georgia RICO Act ?

In order to combat organized crime, particularly the mafia, Congress created the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in 1970. To engage in, obtain, or keep control of a "enterprise" through a "pattern of racketeering activity" is illegal in Georgia under the RICO Act, as is conspiring to do so. Trump and the other defendants are charged in the unprecedented 41-count indictment, which was released on August 14, 2023, with participating in a large-scale plot to try to rig the Peach State's 2020 election results. The enterprise served as an ongoing organization whose members and associates worked together continuously to accomplish the enterprise's goals.The enterprise operated in Fulton County, Georgia, elsewhere in the State of Georgia, in other states, including, but not limited to, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and in the District of Columbia

If Trump were to regain the presidency in 2024, the accusations against him would have been filed in a Georgia state court, preventing him or any subsequent Republican president from issuing a pardon.

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Charges under Georgia's RICO law, which permits prosecutors to accuse people as a component of a broader criminal enterprise, are included in the indictment.

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The obligatory minimum jail term for a RICO conviction in Georgia is five years.

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Georgia's RICO statute differs from the federal version and is applicable to the defendants' conduct in Georgia.

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The legal issues surrounding whether a president-in-office can be tried while in office are still up for debate.

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Co-conspirators may be able to avoid mandatory minimum sentences by accepting a plea agreement.

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The fourth indictment against Trump is the one that puts him in the most legal jeopardy.

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The indictment includes 40 other counts, many of which involve mandatory minimum sentences.

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