Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Numbers

 

Some numbers associated with the Fulton County, GA, DA's indictment of the Malignant Loser:

19

The number of people charged, including Trump. Each is accused of racketeering and at least one related crime.

41

The number of individual counts in the indictment, many of which involve multiple people.

13

The number of counts faced by both Trump and Giuliani, tied for the most among the defendants. [snip]

161

The number of overt acts listed as being part of the racketeering conspiracy. Overt acts aren’t necessarily crimes in and of themselves — many sound innocuous, while others are charged as crimes — but instead demonstrate the furtherance of an alleged crime. (To make a racketeering case, prosecutors must prove at least two “predicate” crimes and establish a pattern of activity geared to the advancement of the alleged criminal enterprise.)

127

The number of times “false statement” is mentioned in the indictment. Georgia law has a broad prohibition on making “a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation … in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of state government.

13

The number of false statements Trump is accused of making to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) in their Jan. 2, 2021, phone call alone.  [snip]

2

The number of state Republican Party chairs who have been indicted. Former Georgia GOP chairman David Shafer joins former Michigan GOP co-chairwoman Meshawn Maddock, an alternate elector who was indicted in that state last month. Alternate Trump electors in Arizona, including former state GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward, also are facing legal scrutiny...


 Here's one we'll add just for the hell of it:

1

The Malignant Loser's rank among the most corrupt, deranged criminals ever to gain power in a modern democracy.