GA Indictment Against Trump Could Be 'Biggest Since Watergate': Expert

SMITHTOWN, NY — Donald Trump is now a four-time criminal defendant, after being charged in a sprawling indictment by the Fulton County District Attorney Monday night.

DA Fani Willis alleges Trump was the kingpin of the "criminal enterprise" to overturn the 2020 presidential results in Georgia.

"[Trump's] got a lot of problems," Andrew Lieb, a Long Island-based constitutional attorney and legal analyst, said.

Willis brought charges against 19 people using Georgia's racketering (RICO) statute. A conviction under RICO in Georgia has a minimum of five years in prison.

"If [Willis] has evidence we'll get a conviction," Lieb, who has offices in Manhasset and Smithtown, said.

The bigger concern Lieb has is with the number of defendants that Willis said would be tried in one case.

"I don't know how they're going to fit them all in one courtroom," Lieb told Patch.

Willis said she hopes to push for a trial within six months.

"That's not happening. There's no chance," Lieb said it will likely take "well over a year."

As for the 98-page indictment, where Trump was charged with 13 crimes, Lieb thinks the number of people charged will drop.

"You'll see how quickly your friends become your enemies when you can turn on them to get out of jail," Lieb said.

But the GOP has been slower to turn on Trump, which Lieb calls "preposterous" that another candidate hasn't emerged.

"Statisically speaking, he's going to jail," Lieb said. "Just on the amount of counts against Trump in all these different places."

Trump was arraigned on felonies in New York, along with the federal chargs in Washington and Florida. In total, the former president facing 91 criminal charges in the four jurisdictions.

"Politically, this one is the strongest. This one could hurt [Trump] the most," Lieb said. "This one is the biggest thing potentially since Watergate. As a legal matter, the documents case is by far and away the strongest case."