{"id":2000220,"date":"2023-08-14T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-posts-then-removes-racketeering-other-charges-against-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:06:30","slug":"georgia-posts-then-removes-racketeering-other-charges-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-posts-then-removes-racketeering-other-charges-against-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia initially filed racketeering and other charges against Trump, but later retracted them."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-posts-then-removes-racketeering-other-charges-against-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>ATLANTA\u2014In a bizarre turn of events, Georgia briefly posted online\u2014then removed\u2014a two-page \u2064list \u200bof charges against former \u200bPresident\u200d Donald Trump on \u200cAug.\u200d 14.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d posting (<a href=\"https:\/\/fingfx.thomsonreuters.com\/gfx\/legaldocs\/gdpzwwwqyvw\/Details.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) came \u2062amid reports that a grand jury \u200cin Fulton County, \u2063Georgia, was \u200bstill hearing testimony \u2062from\u200d witnesses regarding \u200dthe former president&#8217;s challenge of the 2020 election results\u2062 and his attempts to remain \u200cin office\u200b after Democrat Joe Biden was declared the victor.<\/p>\n<p>The apparently premature release of the expected charges touched off concerns about\u200c the accusations possibly being pre-determined before\u200b the grand jurors voted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border border-[#D3D3D3] px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/judge-denies-trumps-bid-to-toss-georgia-election-interference-probe-and-disqualify-district-attorney-5434239\">Judge \u2064Denies Trump&#8217;s Bid to Toss Georgia Election Interference Probe and Disqualify District Attorney<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">7\/31\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/judge-denies-trumps-bid-to-toss-georgia-election-interference-probe-and-disqualify-district-attorney-5434239\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tensions-rise-in-georgia-as-trump-case-decision-is-promised-during-august-5435358\">Tensions Rise \u2062in Georgia as\u200c Trump Case Decision Is Promised During August<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/1\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tensions-rise-in-georgia-as-trump-case-decision-is-promised-during-august-5435358\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reuters \u200cnews service reported that\u200d the county&#8217;s\u2064 website deleted the document from public view &#8220;without explanation,&#8221; and \u2064that the Fulton County District Attorney&#8217;s Office\u2063 said that no \u200dcharges had been filed against President Trump. The Epoch Times is seeking comment from a spokesperson for District Attorney Fani \u200dWillis.<\/p>\n<p>As news about \u2063the posted-and-deleted charges \u2064surfaced, reporters were gathered on \u2064two sides of \u2063the Fulton\u2063 County Courthouse, awaiting confirmation of the \u200bgrand jury&#8217;s activities, and keeping eyes peeled for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-trump-be-indicted-again-grand-jury-to-meet-da-expected-to-bring-dozen-or-more-charges\/\" title=\"Trump faces potential indictment as grand jury convenes, DA prepares multiple charges.\">grand jury witnesses<\/a> to\u200c emerge.<\/p>\n<p>Talk \u2064about the indictment being released \u2063today \u2064instead of Aug. 15 began swirling among reporters after the Reuters report. George Chidi, a journalist who was summoned to testify, said that his planned Aug. 15 testimony\u2064 was rescheduled for a day earlier, Aug. 14.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re moving faster than they thought,&#8221; Chidi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neonflag\/status\/1691145633892020236?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote\u2062 on X<\/a>, formerly known \u200das Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentator Jack Posobiec posted on the Truth Social platform that \u200che was\u200c concerned about the Reuters report revealing that the\u2064 charges seemingly had been decided before the\u2064 grand jury finished voting. &#8220;This means the grand jury has been completely tainted,&#8221; he wrote.\u200c &#8220;How \u2063can they objectively vote on charges when they&#8217;ve already heard of the decision to charge?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Within about\u2063 30 minutes of the Reuters story \u200dbeing posted, \u2064President Trump, without specifically referring to the Georgia document, posted on his <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@JackPosobiec\/posts\/110889139323209538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Social account<\/a>: &#8220;I\u00a0just \u2064hope Republicans, and the people\u200c of our now failing Nation, see what is happening to \u2064our Democracy and\u200c Freedom. A sitting President has INDICTED, in \u200dmany\u200d different forms and locals, his political opponent, who is\u2064 substantially leading him in the\u2062 Polls. NOTHING LIKE\u200c THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE. OUR COUNTRY CAN NEVER LET THIS\u2063 STAND!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>List of Charges<\/h2>\n<p>If the charges are approved as stated in \u2063the document, President Trump would be accused of 13 offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Based\u2063 on count numbers listed\u200b in\u2062 the\u200d document, at least 39 total \u2063charges would be filed in the\u200b planned\u2062 indictment, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-posts-then-removes-racketeering-other-charges-against-trump\/\" title=\"Georgia initially filed racketeering and other charges against Trump, but later retracted them.\">26 missing\u200d counts apparently involve<\/a> other defendants whose identities are not provided in \u200dthe document Reuters obtained.<\/p>\n<p>The first charge against President\u2064 Trump lists racketeering in connection with an incident on Nov. 4, 2020\u2013a \u200cday after the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Six \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-state-sen-paxton-barred-from-voting-in-husbands-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Texas State Senator Paxton has been prohibited from voting in her husband's impeachment trial.\">additional charges stem<\/a> from actions allegedly taken on Dec. 6, 2020: \u2064conspiracy to commit impersonating \u200da public\u200c officer, and five counts of conspiracy \u2063to commit forgery or other false documents, statements, or\u200b writings.<\/p>\n<p>Another \u200dcharge alleges &#8220;solicitation of violation \u2062of oath by public\u2063 officer&#8221; on Dec. 7, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The next reportedly alleged \u200bincident, involvi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a strange twist, Georgia briefly published and then deleted a two-page list of charges against ex-President Donald Trump on Aug. 14. 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