Posted on 09/25/2021 3:52:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In early January, The Washington Post reported leaked audio of a call between Trump and Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which the former president urged the Republican official to "to find 11,780 votes" in his favor to overturn President Joe Biden's victory in the southern state. Trump made a similar effort to pressure Georgia's GOP Governor Brian Kemp to illegally block Biden's win.
"We conclude that Trump's post-election conduct in Georgia leaves him at substantial risk of possible state charges predicated on multiple crimes," said the report released Friday by the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington, D.C.
"These charges potentially include criminal solicitation to commit election fraud; intentional interference with performance of election duties; conspiracy to commit election fraud; criminal solicitation; and state RICO violations," the legal analysis explained.
The report from Brookings was compiled based on publicly available reporting and evidence. The legal analysts reviewed the audio recording of Trump's call with Raffensperger as a key piece of evidence against the former president.
"Our view is anchored by a close reading of the relevant portions of Georgia's legal code, an unpacking of the extant case law defining the stated crimes, and a searching examination of the main likely defenses," the report authors explained.
Georgia's Fulton County district attorney launched a criminal probe into Trump's conduct about seven months ago. The prosecutors involved with that investigation have interviewed at least four of Raffensperger's aides, issued subpoenas for witnesses and documents and coordinated their efforts with the House select committee investigating the pro-Trump January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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"Discovery" would unlock too many Raffensperger secrets.
It’s a crime to challenge leftists in any way.
My anger meter is hitting top end again.
Yada, yada, yada, yada, yada...
And in conclusion.
Yada, yada, yada, yada...
Now that would be an interesting trial. No jury would unanimously convict Trump on these charges. They would have a better shot in a civil trial of some kind.
Interesting that this article comes out the day of a MASSIVE Georgia rally!! LOLOLOL..
Biden even flew a plane banner over the field today... they must be getting very worried.
MSN.com committing “multiple crimes” including slander and treason, analysis suggests.
If it's a criminal trial then there is no discovery per se. All the prosecution has to do is turn over their evidence to the defense.
the Brookings Institution
A cesspool of libtards.
Thanks.
A Dekalb County jury? You sure about that?
So the Post is now the DOJ????
Just wondering - how is that Hunter investigation going?
LOL, Rathensburger is a ‘Rat assistant.
Plz produce “leaked audio”.
And they’re operating under the “show me the man, I’ll show you the crime” system.
I think Trump was acting the way most human beings would act when they know something is amiss. You don’t just quit because someone expects you to be gracious. When Romney lost, he knew he didn’t lose. He knew computers helped Obama “win.” But he just smiled and said oh well.
Maybe George W Bush didn’t really win. Maybe Al Gore was right. Maybe W knew all these same “helpers.”
Donald Trump, by definition, is a crime in and unto himself, so sayeth the grand Washington DC Politboro
Brookings? Shouldn’t Brookings be identified as a left-wing think tank?
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