Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, are investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the southern state’s 2020 presidential election results, according to a letter seen by Reuters news agency and first reported by The New York Times on Wednesday, in the second criminal probe faced by the former president.
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.
During the call, Trump is heard saying to Raffensperger: “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”
A Georgia prosecutor said Wednesday that she has opened a criminal investigation into “attempts to influence” last year s general election, including a call in which President Donald Trump asked a top official to find enough votes to overturn Joe Biden s victory in the state.
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