Dear MoveOn member,

Last night, Donald Trump was indicted for the fourth time, and the charges
lay out exactly what Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis believes
Trump to be: an organized crime boss.^1

Trump was charged with 13 felonies related to his efforts to overturn the
2020 election results in Georgia, and 18 of his co-conspirators are
charged as well, including Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark
Meadows, Sidney Powell, and John Eastman.^2 The charges are all damning,
but one stands out above the rest.

Trump is being charged under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organization Act statute in Georgia, more commonly known as RICO.^3 If
that word rings a bell, it's probably because you've heard it in a mafia
movie, as RICO is most often used in cases involving organized crime. And
that's exactly what this effort was.

There are two important differences between this indictment in Georgia and
the federal indictments Trump is currently facing. First, the RICO charge
in Georgia is the first charge in any of the indictments that comes with a
mandatory minimum sentence, five years in prison.^4 Second, unlike the
federal indictments, Trump will have no way to make this case in Georgia
go away or pardon himself from the charges—even if he wins the 2024
election.^5

MoveOn is determined to ensure Trump not only loses the 2024 election but
that he is also finally held accountable for his crimes—and to the fullest
extent of the law. That will require us to run the largest presidential
election campaign in our 25-year history, and we can do it only with your
help.



John, will you donate $5 a month to power and
sustain our multi-pronged work to defeat crime boss Donald Trump and
ensure he faces the consequences of his crimes?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.



MoveOn has been preparing for this moment for months, and we are ready to
stand at the forefront of the fight against Donald Trump. Here is just
some of what we have planned:

* A massive effort to disqualify Trump from the ballot. The 14th
Amendment makes it clear that no person who engaged in insurrection
against the United States may ever hold office again. We are calling
on secretaries of state across the country to do their constitutional
duty by refusing to certify Trump as a candidate for president, and
our call is gaining momentum. Just last week, two conservative lawyers
from the Federalist Society joined our call to disqualify Trump.^6 Our
petition has almost 400,000 signatures.
* A huge ad campaign to ensure that voters know exactly what crimes
Trump has committed. Polling is beginning to show that these
indictments are causing Trump to lose support, but we need to educate
voters so that people who don't closely follow the news know about the
crimes and are motivated to ensure that Trump loses. We are planning a
huge, monthslong ad campaign to hammer that message home all the way
until Election Day.
* The largest voter turnout campaign we have ever run. As these charges
remind us, Trump lost Georgia by only a razor-thin margin, which means
that every single vote is critical. MoveOn will be expanding our
successful work from 2020 and 2022 to turn out "high-potential
voters"—voters of color and young voters who otherwise may not vote—in
swing districts and states, using innovative digital and on-the-ground
strategies.



We cannot afford to cut back on any piece of this work, but since MoveOn
is powered by members like you, we can do it and sustain the work only
with your support. Will you chip in $5 a month to help make
it possible?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.



John, before this year, no president or former president of
the United States had ever been charged with a crime.

Over the last five months, Trump has been charged with 91 felonies.^7

After so many years of getting away with his crimes scot-free, it finally
seems that the chickens are coming home to roost.

And yet, Trump is still the unrivaled front-runner for the Republican
nomination, and polling has him in a dead heat with President Biden in a
general election matchup.^8

That means the work MoveOn is doing to hammer home the message to voters
about Trump's criminality and disqualification from holding public office
could not be more important.



We have a real opportunity to put a stop to Donald Trump and the MAGA
movement once and for all in 2024. Please chip in $5 a
month—or whatever you can afford—and join us in this fight.

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.



Thanks for all you do.

–Kelsey, Vickie, Mohammad, Isbah, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Key Takeaways From the Trump Indictment in Georgia," The New York
Times, August 15, 2023
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2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4. "Trump’s Fourth Indictment: Five Ways Georgia Is Different," Bloomberg,
August 15, 2023
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5. Ibid.

6. "Conservative Case Emerges to Disqualify Trump for Role on Jan. 6," The
New York Times, August 11, 2023
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7. "Trump Indictment, Part IV: A Spectacle That Has Become Surreally
Routine," The New York Times, August 15, 2023
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8. "Trump tied with Biden despite most voters thinking he committed
serious crimes," Axios, August 1, 2023
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