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Kanye West’s Former Publicist Trevian Kutti Among Those Charged in Donald Trump’s Georgia Indictment

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Kanye West’s onetime publicist is among18 political allies of Donald Trumpcharged in a sprawling Georgia indictment that also laid charges against the former president himself.

On Monday night, Trump, 77, wasindicted for the fourth timeon 13 felony charges after a Fulton County grand jury examined his and his allies' attempts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.

Trevian Kutti— a former publicist to West, 46, andR. Kelly, 56, according toCNN— also appeared in the indictment, facing three felony counts in the high-profile election interference case.

Trump and his campaign claimed Freeman was one of multiple election workers who were counting fake mail-in ballots, an allegation that was untrue and resulted in Freeman being on the receiving end of death threats, she later testified.

After Freeman called 911, an officer advised her to meet with Kutti at a local precinct, where the two ultimately spoke for an hour, with Kutti reiterating that Freeman was in danger.

Shaye Moss, a Fulton County, Ga., elections worker, is comforted by her mother, Ruby Freeman, while testifying during the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol fourth hearing to present previously unseen material and hear witness testimony in Cannon Building, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Their family received threats after being falsely accused of tampering with ballots.

According to the outlet, Kutti then began pressuring Freeman to “tell everything,” or “you’re going to jail,” something Freeman did not comply with.

Freeman later Googled Kutti’s name and discovered she was a Trump supporter.

Kutti is charged with racketeering (violation of the Georgia RICO Act), conspiracy to commit solicitation of false statements and writings, and influencing witnesses.

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Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage during the Moms for Liberty Joyful Warriors national summit at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown on June 30, 2023

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In December 2021, aspokesperson for West, who launched his own failed bid for the presidency in 2020, toldReutersin a statement that “Trevian Kuttiwas not associated with Kanye West or any of his enterprises at the times of the facts that are reported in these articles or since these facts occurred.”

Along with Kutti and Floyd, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis also brought charges against characters including former Trump attorneysRudy Giuliani,Sidney PowellandJenna Ellis, and his former chief of staff,Mark Meadows.

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