‘The Legislature has this great check and balance when it comes to controlling the purse,’ Georgia Republican Sen. Colton Moore said, arguing taxpayers don’t want their money ‘going to fund this type of political persecution.’
Fulton County Clerk of Courts Ché Alexander said she accidentally hit ‘send’ instead of ‘save’ when she obtained the unofficial document, which she called a ‘dry-run’ or a ‘work sample.’
Prosecutors utilized a racketeering statute which the Associated Press noted is 'normally associated with mobsters' to bring the charges. Trump’s campaign has called the indictment 'un-American and wrong,' presenting 'a grave threat to American democracy.'
The petition calls for a new trial on the grounds of interpretation and implementation errors regarding the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and the Fifth Amendment.