Former President Donald Trump was indicted on Monday for the fourth time. A Fulton County grand jury returned a 41-count indictment charging Trump and 18 others with a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that indictment is the culmination of a two-year investigation launched by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis following Trump’s leaked January 2, 2021, phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, during which Trump asked Raffensperger to “find” him 11,780 votes. Keep reading for more criminal law news. Texas woman charged with threatening to kill federal judge. The News Roundup has previously noted that Trump faces a litany of charges in other jurisdictions, including charges in federal court in the District of Columbia that are similar to those in Fulton County. This week, a Texas woman was charged with threatening to kill U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has been assigned to oversee the federal case against Trump. Authorities say that Abigail Jo Shry phoned the court in Washington D.C. on August 5 and left a voicemail informing the judge: "You are in our sights, we want to kill you.” She reportedly also said that "[i]f Trump doesn't get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you,” and made a racist comment againt Chutkan, who is black. Shry is said to have admitted making the call after investigators traced her phone number. CNN has the story here. Canadian woman sentenced for mailing letters laced with poison [...]
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