the former president trump is now facing an escalating legal threat from the district attorney of fulton county, georgia. the da fani willis requested a special grand jury on thursday to aid her investigation into possible 2020 election interference by president donald trump. you might remember this infamous call that trump made to brad raffensperger who is georgia's secretary of state in early 2021. >> so, look, all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. because we won the state and flipping the state is a great testament to our country. >> trump of course did not win the election in georgia. today the former president responded to the da's request with this statement that read in part, quote, my phone call to the secretary of state of georgia was perfect.