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Defendants are variously charged with forty additional counts from other allegations, including: Trump and co-defendants [[Trump fake electors plot|plotted]] to create [[pro-Trump]] slates of fake [[Electors Clause|electors]]; Trump [[Trump–Raffensperger phone call|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, Georgia|Coffee County]] illegally accessed voting systems attempting to find evidence of election fraud.
Following an [[2020 Georgia election investigation|investigation launched in February 2021]] by [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] district attorney [[Fani Willis]], a [[grand jury]] of 23 citizens handed up<!--"Handed up" is correct; "handed down" is NOT correct. See https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/indict-grand-jury-prosecutor.php--> the indictments on August 14, 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Fausset |first1=Richard |last2=Hakim |first2=Danny |date=August 14, 2023 |title=Grand Jury Hears Hours of Testimony in Election Interference Case |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/14/us/trump-indictment-georgia-election |url-access=limited |access-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814171813/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/14/us/trump-indictment-georgia-election |url-status=live }}</ref> The case was set to be heard in the [[Fulton County Superior Court]] with judge [[Scott F. McAfee]] presiding.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mizelle |first=Shawna |title=Who is Scott McAfee, the judge assigned to oversee Trump case in Georgia? |website=[[CNN]] |date=August 15, 2023 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/15/politics/scott-mcafee-trump-judge-georgia-rico-case/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816164556/https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/15/politics/scott-mcafee-trump-judge-georgia-rico-case/index.html |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref> Another judge denied requests from former Trump chief of staff [[Mark Meadows]], former [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] (DOJ) official [[Jeffrey Clark]], and three other defendants to have their cases [[Removal jurisdiction|removed]] to federal court.<ref name=":4" /> Following Trump's 2024 election to the presidency, it will have to be determined whether a state-level prosecutor can prosecute a sitting president and whether a state-level judge will hear the case.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Devan |last2=del Valle |first2=Lauren |last3=Scannell |first3=Kara |last4=Herb |first4=Jeremy |date=2024-11-06 |title=What happens to Trump’s criminal and civil cases now that he’s been reelected {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/06/politics/what-happens-to-trump-criminal-cases/index.html |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
On December 19, 2024, the Georgia Court of Appeals disqualified
The case is one of [[Indictments against Donald Trump|four criminal indictments]] against Trump.
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