Racketeering.

• A Georgia grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump today, charging him with felony racketeering and numerous conspiracy charges as part of a sweeping investigation into the effort by him and his allies to overturn the 2020 election.
• The 41-count indictment also names lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis and Ray Smith and several other people.
• Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis enlisted a special grand jury last year that heard testimony from 75 witnesses.
• Among the best-known moments in the pressure campaign against Georgia officials was a call in which Trump asked Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the votes he needed to beat Joe Biden.

That was indeed a moment. I remember it – I remember listening to the phone call, dumbfounded.

Trump has seized the golden opportunity for more fundraising.

In an email to supporters late Monday night, Trump encouraged his supporters to donate and show that they will “NEVER SURRENDER.”

Trump’s fundraising appeal claimed that “Deep State thugs” were attempting to “JAIL me for life.”

Previous Trump indictments have led to similar fundraising emails for the Trump campaign. In the first week after Trump’s initial indictment, in Manhattan, his campaign brought in $13.5 million in donations. The first seven days after the second indictment, in Florida, brought in $5.8 million.

Profit! Sadly, though, the legal bills are cutting into the profits some.

Trump’s attorneys in Georgia blasted the indictment and the witnesses who testified before the Fulton County grand jury.

“The events that have unfolded today have been shocking and absurd,” attorneys Drew Findling, Jennifer Little and Marissa Goldberg said in a statement where they also argued that the witnesses who testified before the grand jury were biased.

No you are – Trump is shocking and absurd.