By Robert Greenall
BBC News
As former US President Donald Trump is charged with attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia, who are the other 18 people accused along with him?
Here's a potted guide to the others charged, with input from BBC North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher (AZ).
The lawyers
Rudy Giuliani
Perhaps the best known of the co-accused, the former mayor of New York City was a personal lawyer for Mr Trump at the time of the election.
He led legal challenges to dispute the outcome of the elections, and is accused of making numerous false statements about election fraud, including claims that errors had been made by the Dominion vote-counting machines.
He faces 13 charges, more than any of the co-accused except for Mr Trump himself. He has dismissed the investigation against him as politically motivated.
AZ: As mayor of New York, Giuliani was one of the most popular politicians in the US. As a close adviser after the 2020 election, he helped organise attempts to challenge Mr Trump's defeat at the polls.
John Eastman
Mr Eastman, a lawyer for Mr Trump, represented the former president in a lawsuit trying to overturn election results in four states he lost in 2020.
In Georgia he is alleged to be part of a plot to urge state senators to disregard the election results and appoint fake electors.
AZ: A California law professor who advanced the theory that Vice-President Mike Pence had the power to reject the certified results from certain states...
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