In a criminal indictment filed Monday that alleged former president Donald Trump and 18 of his associates conspired to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results, prosecutors repeatedly cited a rather uncommon piece of evidence to undergird their charges of racketeering: Twitter posts.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Trump’s tweets used against him in Georgia indictment
Georgia prosecutors pointed to the former president’s social media posts as support for racketeering charges
By Amy B Wang
and August 15, 2023 at 5:20 p.m. EDT