Trump indictment updates: Former president to hold press conference on Georgia

Former President Trump has been indicted for a fourth time.

ByOlivia Rubin, Will Steakin, Laura Romero, Lucien Bruggeman, and Mike Levine
Last Updated: August 14, 2023, 6:39 AM EDT

After a two-and-a-half-year probe, a Fulton County grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 others on charges related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

It marks the fourth indictment of the former president, who already faces federal charges in the special counsel's Jan. 6 and classified documents probes, as well as the Manhattan DA's hush money case. Prior to Trump, no former or current president had ever been indicted.

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Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Aug 14, 2023, 11:40 AM EDT

Trump attacks DA Fani Willis on social media

Former President Donald Trump on Monday launched a string of familiar attacks against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Monday as Willis is expected to begin presenting her election interference case to a grand jury later today.

In three all-caps posts on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump attacked Willis over her investigation, blasted media leaks, specifically urged "someone" to tell the grand jury he did not interfere in the election while continuing to make false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

A Fulton County Sheriff officer blocks off a street in front of the Fulton County Courthouse on Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta.
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-ABC News' Will Steakin

Aug 14, 2023, 10:08 AM EDT

A timeline of the criminal probe into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia election results

On Jan. 2, 2021, former President Donald Trump asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" the votes needed to win the state in the 2020 election.

The now-infamous phone call helped spark a criminal investigation launched the following month by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looking into the efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

For a timeline on how the probe has unfolded, click here.

-ABC News' Meredith Deliso and Olivia Rubin

Aug 14, 2023, 7:43 AM EDT

Key players in Georgia probe include officials, lawyers and 16 'fake electors'

Who are the key players in the criminal probe into former President Donald Trump's alleged election interference?

Some are local officials, including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who certified the state's election results, and District Attorney Fani Willis, who is expected to bring the case before a grand jury as soon as Monday.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference in Atlanta, Dec. 14, 2020.
John Bazemore/AP

Others were working with Trump during or after the election, including his former lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, both of whom appeared before a special grand jury.

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump exits U.S. District Court after attending a hearing in a defamation suit related to the 2020 election results in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2023.
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-ABC News' Meredith Deliso

Aug 14, 2023, 7:05 AM EDT

Who is District Attorney Fani Willis?

Many eyes are watching Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as her investigation into alleged efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia nears its end and a potential fourth indictment looms for Trump, who denies all wrongdoing.

District Attorney Paul Howard, left, stands by the podium while prosecutor Fani Willis, center, speaks during a news conference following sentencing for 10 defendants convicted in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial, April 14, 2015.
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A charging decision is imminent. Willis is expected to present her findings to a grand jury this week.

"I would hate to have Fani Willis after me," Judge Jerry Baxter told ABC News. "She is a superb trial lawyer and the real deal."

-ABC News' Alexandra Hutzler

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