Georgia Prosecutors Prepare To Move In On Trump
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Trump Inquiry Coming Up
Prosecutors in Georgia appear increasingly likely to open a criminal investigation of President Trump over his attempts to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 election, an inquiry into offenses that would be beyond his federal pardon power.
The new Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, is already weighing whether to proceed, and among the options she is considering is the hiring of a special assistant from outside to oversee the investigation, according to people familiar with her office’s deliberations.
At the same time, David Worley, the lone Democrat on Georgia’s five-member election board, said this week that he would ask the board to make a referral to the Fulton County district attorney by next month. Among the matters he will ask prosecutors to investigate is a phone call Mr. Trump made in which he pressured Georgia’s secretary of state to overturn the state’s election re
Warnock becomes the first Black man elected as U.S. senator from Georgia with his victory and the first Democrat elevated to the Senate from Georgia in 20 years.
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Trump s Outrageous Georgia Phone Call: 5 Questions (And Answers)
The president s outrageous phone call to the Georgia secretary of state may violate federal and state law, and has sparked calls for criminal investigations by Georgia election officials and members of Congress.
ByVersha Sharma
Published on 1/4/2021 at 4:20 PM
Getty Images | President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit on December 8, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Getty Images | President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit on December 8, 2020 in Washington, DC.
In a nearly hour-long phone call to Georgia’s secretary of state, President Donald Trump continued his assault on democracy with increasingly desperate and possibly illegal attempts to overturn the results of the November election.