Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023.
Georgia state prosecutors allege he and 18 co-defendants conspired to illegally change the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged Trump and his co-defendants with 41 criminal counts.
Trump himself faces 13 counts including racketeering, false statements and soliciting a public servant to violate their oath.
Trump’s lawyers are likely to argue that his efforts to change the election results were protected speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Trump, Danya Perry, Democrat Joe Biden, Fani Willis, Willis, Bennett Gershman, Georgia's Racketeer, Gershman, Jack Queen, Noeleen Walder, Howard Goller
Organizations:
Fair, REUTERS, E, Democrat, U.S . Constitution, Pace University, Trump, Thomson
Locations:
Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Georgia, . Georgia, Fulton County, U.S ., New York