Trump the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination was indicted on Tuesday on four counts including conspiring to defraud the US by obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring to deprive voters of their right to fair elections . The first former US president to face criminal charges has been indicted on three separate occasions this year .
In Georgia the district attorney in Atlanta Fani Willis has been investigating whether Trump and his associates illegally interfered with that states election for more than two years . Despite the steady drumbeat of scandal Trump has continued to hold a wide lead over a field of Republican rivals in the presidential race according to public polls .
Strategists said that while the indictments could help Trump solidify support among Republican voters who view the charges as bogus they could prove more damaging among independent voters in the general election against Biden . Many Republican officials unwilling to anger Trumps supporters attacked Biden instead claiming that the latest charges were politically motivated .
Trump has pleaded not guilty in both cases and has said that the charges are politically motivated and that he has been accused of a witch hunt . Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declined to address the specifics in the indictment but vowed to end the indictment .
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