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Carlisa N. Johnson in Atlanta

Could Trump be charged for racketeering? A Georgia prosecutor thinks so

Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis was elected just days before the 2020 presidential election ended.
Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis was elected just days before the 2020 presidential election ended. Photograph: Ben Gray/AP

An Atlanta prosecutor appears ready to use the same Georgia statute to prosecute Donald Trump that she used last year to charge dozens of gang members and well-known rappers who allegedly conspired to commit violent crime.

Fani Willis was elected Fulton county district attorney just days before the conclusion of the 2020 presidential election. But as she celebrated her promotion, Trump and his allies set in motion a flurry of unfounded claims of voter fraud in Georgia, the state long hailed as a Republican stronghold for local and national elections.

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