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The Georgia Indictment Throws Everything at Trump—But Some Might Stick<!-- wp:html --><p>Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p>Welcome to the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/red-black-and-silver-just-may-be-jackson-pollocks-last-painting">Jackson Pollock</a> school of prosecution. The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/read-the-damning-98-page-georgia-indictment-against-donald-trump">98-page indictment</a> from <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/georgia-indictment-digs-much-deeper-into-trumps-conspiracy-than-dojs">Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis</a> is the legal version of Pollock’s style of throwing paint splatters on canvas as artistic expression. It basically makes every telephone call, tweets, and meeting a separate conspiratorial act.</p> <p>There are 161 separate acts. Not surprisingly, everyone then becomes part of the conspiracy. The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/everyone-indicted-with-donald-trump-in-georgia-from-rudy-giuliani-to-mark-meadows?ref=home">indictment covers 19 people</a>, including Trevian Kutti (the former publicist for R. Kelly and Kanye West). Willis wants them all thrown into a single trial and let the jury figure it out.</p> <p>But for all the disparate acts that Willis says constitutes a criminal conspiracy, part of this emerging picture should worry Trump.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/georgia-indictment-throws-everything-at-trumpbut-some-might-stick">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty

Welcome to the Jackson Pollock school of prosecution. The 98-page indictment from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is the legal version of Pollock’s style of throwing paint splatters on canvas as artistic expression. It basically makes every telephone call, tweets, and meeting a separate conspiratorial act.

There are 161 separate acts. Not surprisingly, everyone then becomes part of the conspiracy. The indictment covers 19 people, including Trevian Kutti (the former publicist for R. Kelly and Kanye West). Willis wants them all thrown into a single trial and let the jury figure it out.

But for all the disparate acts that Willis says constitutes a criminal conspiracy, part of this emerging picture should worry Trump.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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