Trump charged again: Former president indicted in 2020 election interference case

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [The Independent]( August 15, 2023 [View online](   [Morning Headlines]( 1 /[Trump charged again: Former president indicted in 2020 election interference case]( Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted on Monday evening by a Fulton County grand jury investigating the former president’s attempts to alter the state’s 2020 election results. The charges mark the fourth major indictment against Trump in nearly as many months, and the second related directly to his actions during the 2020 election. Mr Trump was charged with racketeering, filing false documents, and attempting to coerce public officers to violate their oaths, among other charges in the 41-count indictment, according to court documents. Prominent allies including Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor, and Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, were also charged with crimes. Just before the charges dropped, the Trump campaign railed against the Fulton County investigation. “Like Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Deranged Jack Smith, and New York AG Letitia James, Fulton County, GA’s radical Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis is a rabid partisan who is campaigning and fundraising on a platform of prosecuting President Trump through these bogus indictments,” the campaign wrote in a statement.   2 /[‘Silence that shames Britain’: PM accused of ignoring Afghans in limbo]( No adequate answers from government – as military and political leaders line up to demand PM honours ‘debt’ to brave Afghans who fought Taliban 3 /[Hawaii fires death toll hits 99 as governor makes dire prediction]( Recovery efforts are underway in Maui as cadaver dogs search in burned buildings for the remains of missing residents lost during Hawaii fires 4 /[A&E crisis fears as NHS ‘too busy with strikes to prepare for winter’]( Exclusive: NHS services ‘need to be preparing for winter... instead they’re preparing for strikes’ 5 /[Public support for new Brexit referendum revealed]( Less than a third of Brits think Brexit is ‘done,’ YouGov poll reveals THE BIG QUESTION [Is this finally proof Big Cats roam Britain?]( Documentary makers have discovered what they claim is the ‘clearest ever’ photo of a big [cat]( prowling the British countryside. 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