Court Claims Document Released Outlining Charges Against Trump Was Fake

On Monday, a Fulton County website momentarily displayed a list of criminal charges against Donald Trump, but prosecutors later clarified that the former president had not been charged as part of their ongoing investigation into the 2020 election.

In a statement released the same day, the Fulton County Clerk of Courts claimed the document it released outlining criminal charges against Trump was actually a fake document.

Fani Willis, a spokesperson for the court said the report of charges being filed was “inaccurate,” but declined to comment further.

Before the grand jury had even finished meeting, the court had already made public — and then soon removed — an indictment listing 13 felonies against Trump, including RICO, forgery, and making false statements.

But now, the court in a statement claimed the filing was really a “fictitious document” that should be dismissed by the media.

“While there have been no documents filed today regarding such, all members of the media should be reminded that documents that do not bear an official case number, filing date, and the name of the Clerk of Courts, in concert, are not considered official filings and should not be treated as such,” the court stated.

However, the document in question that had been quickly deleted did in fact include a case number (23SC188945), filing date (08/14/2023), and name of the judge assigned (Carnesale, Rachelle L.).

In other words, the Clerk of Court’s statement appears to be a bald-faced lie.

Trump’s legal team released a statement Monday slamming the move as evidence the court has “no respect for the integrity of the grand jury process.”

“This was not a simple administrative mistake,” Trump attorneys Drew Findling and Jennifer Little wrote. “A proposed indictment should only be in the hands of the District Attorney’s Office, yet it somehow made its way to the clerk’s office and was assigned a case number and a judge before the grand jury even deliberated.”