A Timeline of Trump Election Plot Alleged in Georgia Indictment

Georgia indictment details timeline of alleged racketeering
DA Fani Willis’s waits for Trump, 18 others to be arraigned

Donald Trump attends a rally in Valdosta, Georgia in December 2020.Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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By David Voreacos and Erik Larson

August 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM UTC

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Donald Trump and 18 codefendants have fewer than 10 days to turn themselves in for arraignment in Atlanta on charges they engaged in a sweeping criminal operation to keep the former president in office after he lost the 2020 election.

In a 41-count indictment issued this week, 161 specific acts are stitched together under the umbrella of a racketeering statute that spanned remarkable months in US history after President Joe Biden defeated Trump in Georgia.