Trump's Fourth Indictment

What we know about Georgia [For the best experience, read in browser.]( August 15, 2023 No, it's not Groundhog Day — Donald Trump is facing a fourth indictment, this time for his alleged involvement in an attempt to overthrow the 2020 election in Georgia. We've got [all the details on this bombshell development](, including the sweeping charges and who else is implicated, below. Elsewhere, the Australian woman at the center of a mysterious poisoning is finally [speaking out about the lunch that turned deadly](, and we’ve got the details of her statement. We’re also sharing [the extraordinary allegations against the family from The Blind Side](. On a slightly less dramatic note, we've also got [a stellar deal on oral hygiene tech]( and [the hacks to improve your next flight](. Let's get going.   In the News [Close up of Trump's profile]( Getty Images The Georgia Indictment Your eyes aren't deceiving you — Donald Trump has been indicted for a fourth time. He and 18 others are named in the 41-count indictment related to the alleged attempt to overthrow the 2020 election in Georgia. [Here's what we know.]( The indictment: Prosecutors say Trump and allies including his lawyers, John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani, plus former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows "joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome" of the election. All are charged with violating Georgia's RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) act. The indictment claims that Trump "unlawfully solicited" Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to help him falsify the state's election result. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” he told Raffensperger during the now-infamous January 2, 2021 call. Trump's response: True to form, the former president's not taken the news lying down. He told Fox News Digital late Monday: "This politically-inspired indictment, which could have been brought close to three years ago, was tailored for placement right smack in the middle of my political campaign." We've got more on all this, including when the defendants must surrender, the maximum prison term they could face, how lawmakers have responded, [and whether Trump could still serve as president if convicted, here.]( [READ MORE]( PASS THIS STORY ALONG: mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20story%20from%20Wake-Up%20Call%21&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkatiecouric.com%2Fnews%2Fwhat-to-know-about-trumps-fourth-indictment%2F   More Stories [Power lines down in Hawaii fires]( Getty Images Call for answers: Hawaiian Electric has become a focal point in the effort to determine just how the deadly wildfires in Maui — which have so far claimed at least 99 lives — got so out of hand. 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