Georgia charges Trump with racketeering in election subversion case

The first page of a 98-page grand jury indictment listing 19 defendants and 41 criminal counts, including felony charges of racketeering against former U.S. President Donald Trump, is seen after being released by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump faced a new raft of felony charges on Tuesday after a Georgia grand jury used a law developed to take down organized crime gangs to charge the former U.S. president with trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

The charges, brought late on Monday by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, charge Trump, the front-runner in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination and 18 associates for a scheme intended to reverse his loss to Democrat Joe Biden.