Who was indicted alongside former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election case? Meet some of his co-defendants and read more about their specific charges.
Ray Smith in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERS
Georgia lawyer Ray Stallings Smith III, an attorney who worked locally for Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign in Georgia, was one of 18 people indicted alongside the former president for allegedly participating in a wide-ranging effort to overturn the election results.
Smith was the first of the defendants to plead not guilty to his charges, back in August.
READ MORE: Read the full Georgia indictment against Trump and 18 allies
What charges does Smith face in Georgia?
Smith was charged on 12 counts:
- Violation of the Georgia RICO act
- 3 counts of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer
- 2 counts of false statements and writings
- Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer
- Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree
- 2 counts to conspiracy to commit false statements and writings
- Conspiracy to commit filing false documents
What did the Fulton County indictment allege?
Prosecutors alleged Smith worked to overturn the election in multiple steps, including claiming to members of Georgia’s state Senate and House of Representatives that there had been widespread voter fraud, which the indictment suggests he knew to be untrue. He also helped appeal to state lawmakers to appoint a slate of alternate electors who would vote for Trump instead of Biden in the Electoral College and encouraged the false Trump elector nominees to sign a document titled “Certificate of the Votes of the 2020 Electors from Georgia.”
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Smith, along with many of the other named co-conspirators, allegedly presented false information before various committees in Georgia’s legislature between Dec. 3 and Dec. 30,…
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