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Nineteen people were indicted in Georgia, including President Trump, based on testimony from the Dominion CTO.

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Ask Dr. DrewOct 21, 2026
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Trade-offs aside, the sources confirm that 19 people, including Trump, were indicted in Georgia in August 2023, but none of them mention Dominion CTO testimony as the basis for the indictment. The sources attribute the case to a broader investigation, including the Coffee County equipment breach, so the causal link the claim asserts is not addressed either way.

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… There are virtual machines, virtual computers, in the machines, and they are absolutely engaged, from Serbia, in uploading cartridges of 20,000 ballots at a time. So everything they said was a lie, but it was based on that lie that 19 people got indicted in Georgia, including President Trump. You got indicted based on that testimony from the CTO, and it was it's a flat lie, and we can show in the emails. So, you're keeping up on it because of the lawsuit. What you're doing now is defending yourself. What's your i think I heard that, yes. And now, what's your prescription for the rest of us? …
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What we found

Supports. Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources report that a Fulton County grand jury indicted 19 people, including former President Trump, in August 2023 on 41 felony counts.[1][2][3][4]

Context. GPB reports that the indictment was 'based on information developed by' the district attorney's roughly two-and-a-half-year investigation, without naming CTO testimony as a basis.[5]

Context. Coverage of the indictment highlights the Coffee County breach of Dominion voting equipment as one of the alleged acts, but none of the sources state that the indictment rested on testimony from a Dominion CTO.[6][7][8]

Context. The claim's causal element was taken from the claimant's own statements in the post, which the sources do not corroborate; the post also calls that testimony a lie, which the sources do not address.

Sources

8 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated

  1. 1Here's the 19 people charged in Georgia election fraud caseapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  2. 28 Pants on Fire fact-checks of Donald Trump about Georgiapolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  3. 3Q&A on Trump's Georgia Indictment - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  4. 4What to know about the Trump indictment in Georgia - NPRnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
  5. 5Battleground: Ballot Box | Breaking down the Georgia indictmentsgpb.org · not rated · cited for: context
  6. 6Georgia election indictment highlights wider attempts to illegally access voting equipmentclickorlando.com · not rated · cited for: context
  7. 7Wide-ranging Trump indictment spotlights south Georgia county11alive.com · not rated · cited for: context
  8. 8Who are the 19 people indicted in Fulton County's election ...fox5atlanta.com · not rated · cited for: context

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