Former U.S. President Donald Trump has labelled new indictment against him by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia on Monday, as a witch-hunt.
Trump has been charged with attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state of Georgia.
Writing on his Truth Social network, Donald Trump condemns a “witch hunt” against him.
According to the BBC, the former President also called attention to a document that reportedly appeared on the Fulton County court’s website earlier today, with indictments against him before the charges were formally announced.
Trump wrote: “What about those indictment documents put out today, long before the grand jury even voted, and then quickly withdrawn? Sounds rigged to me!”
He appears to suggest the charges against him are politically motivated, adding: “Why didn’t they indict 2.5 years ago? Because they wanted to do it right in the middle of my political campaign.”
The 98-page indictment lists 19 defendants and details dozens of acts by Trump and his allies to undo his defeat in the battleground state, including hectoring Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to find enough votes to keep him in power, pestering officials with bogus claims of voter fraud and attempting to persuade Georgia lawmakers to ignore the will of voters and appoint a new slate of electoral college electors favourable to Trump.