Georgia election racketeering prosecution

State of Georgia v. Trump, et al.
State of Georgia v. Trump, et al.
Court	Fulton County Superior Court
Full case name	The State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al.
Charge	List of charges Violation of the Georgia RICO Act ; Solicitation of violation of oath by public officer ; False statements and writings ; Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings ; Criminal attempt to commit false statements and writings ; Impersonating a public officer ; Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer ; Forgery in the first degree ; Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree ; Filing false documents ; Conspiracy to commit filing false documents ; Influencing witnesses ; Criminal attempt to commit influencing witnesses ; Conspiracy to commit election fraud ; Conspiracy to commit computer theft ; Conspiracy to commit computer trespass ; Conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy ; Conspiracy to defraud the state ; Perjury ;
Citation	23SC188947 (indictment)
Case history
Prior actions	Plea bargains (pre-trial) Hall: 5 years probation ; Powell: 6 years probation ; Chesebro: 5 years probation ; Ellis: 5 years probation ;
Court membership
Judge sitting	Scott F. McAfee

The State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al. was a criminal case against Donald Trump, the 45th and eventually-47th president of the United States, and 18 co-defendants. All defendants were charged with one count of violating Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, which would have had a penalty of 5–20 years in prison. The indictment came in the context of Trump's broader effort to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election. The case was one of four criminal indictments against Trump, all charged in 2023.

Defendants were variously charged with 40 additional counts from other allegations, including: Trump and co-defendants plotted to create pro-Trump slates of fake electors; Trump called the Georgia secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, asking him to "find 11,780 votes", which would have reversed his loss in the state by a single vote margin; and a small group of Trump allies in Coffee County illegally accessed voting systems attempting to find evidence of election fraud.

Following an investigation launched in February 2021 by Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis, a grand jury of 23 citizens handed up the indictments on August 14, 2023. Her prosecution alleged that Trump led a "criminal racketeering enterprise", in which he and all other defendants "knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome" of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Georgia.

The case was set to be heard in the Fulton County Superior Court with judge Scott F. McAfee presiding. Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeffrey Clark, and three other defendants unsuccessfully sought to have their cases removed to federal court. Four defendants pleaded guilty to some charges, agreed to cooperate with the prosecution, and received sentences including probation, fines, and making public apologies.

After pausing the case, the Georgia Court of Appeals in December 2024 disqualified Willis from prosecuting it. In November 2025, Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, took on the role of prosecutor. Less than two weeks later, on November 26, he dropped all charges against all remaining defendants, ending the case.