Georgia begins criminal probe into Trump effort to overturn polls
Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, have disclosed plan to investigate Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the southern state’s 2020 presidential election results.
According to a report on Wednesday February 10, 2021, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has sent a letter asking state government officials to preserve documents, including those related to then-President Trump’s call to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger pressuring him to “find” more votes.
“This letter is notification that all records potentially related to the administration of the 2020 General Election must be preserved, with particular care being given to set aside and preserve those that may be evidence of attempts to influence the actions of persons who were administering that election,” said the letter dated February 10.
“This matter is of high priority, and I am confident that as fellow law enforcement officers sworn to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and Georgia, our acquisition of information and evidence of potential crimes via interviews, documents, videos and electronic records will be cooperative.”
Representatives for the county prosecutor’s office and for Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment by Reuters.
On Monday, Raffensperger’s office opened its own probe into Trump’s January 2 phone call pressuring him to overturn President Joe Biden’s November 3 victory in the state based on unfounded voter fraud claims, saying any further legal efforts would be up to the state’s attorney general.
Trump and his allies repeatedly espoused unfounded claims that Biden won the election through voter fraud, leading to the deadly January 6 Capitol occupation to stop Congress from certifying the results.
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