Right-wing media spread many of the election lies highlighted in Trump's Georgia indictment
On August 14, a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, unveiled a criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-conspirators for their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state. Among the 41 counts in the indictment are charges that Trump and his allies made false statements about election fraud to solicit illegal actions from members of the Georgia legislature and election officials. Many of these false statements were later parroted by right-wing media outlets. According to the indictment, “The purpose of these false statements was...