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Criminal inquiry into Trump’s Georgia election interference gathers steam
theguardian.com ^ | October 5, 2021 | Peter Stone

Posted on 10/05/2021 8:45:14 AM PDT by lowbridge

Donald Trump is facing increasing legal scrutiny in the crucial battleground state of Georgia over his attempt to sway the 2020 election there, and that heat is now overlapping with investigations in Congress looking at the former president’s efforts to subvert American democracy.

A criminal investigation into Trump’s 2 January call prodding Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, to “just find” him 11,780 votes to block Joe Biden’s win in the state is making headway. The Georgia district attorney running the inquiry is now also sharing information with the House committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol in Washington DC.

Meanwhile, a justice department taskforce investigating threats to election officials nationwide has launched inquiries in Georgia, where election officers and workers received death threats or warnings of violence, including some after Trump singled out one official publicly for not backing his baseless fraud claims.

Despite these investigations, Trump is still pushing bogus fraud claims in Georgia. Trump wrote to Raffensperger in September asking him to decertify the election results, which is impossible, and with an eye on the 2022 elections is trying to oust Raffensperger, as well as the state’s governor, Brian Kemp, and other top Republicans who defied his demands to block Biden’s win.

Former justice department officials and voting rights advocates say Trump’s conspiratorial attacks on Georgia’s election results, and the threats to public officials, need to be investigated diligently, and prosecuted if warranted by law enforcement, to protect election integrity and public officials.

Experts add that Trump’s alarming refusal to accept the Georgia election outcome and seek revenge on Republican officials who ignored his baseless fraud charges may affect a few pivotal 2022 races. His efforts may also encourage extremism and restrictions on minority and other voting rights similar to ones the Georgia legislature enacted

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Georgia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bradraffensperger; briankemp; districtofcolumbia; georgia; peterstone; trump; uniparty; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 10/05/2021 8:45:14 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

No it’s not. Gaslighting won’t help the fraud being exposed. The man was robbed. He knew it. Lots of folks who didn’t believe it then now believe it. The momentum isn’t with the antiTrump contingent anywhere really in the nation but certainly not in Georgia.


2 posted on 10/05/2021 8:47:51 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: lowbridge

Well, go ahead and arrest Trump if you think that’s the truth. But I bet things will go very differently than they imagine. They think it would just be another legalistic game. I believe that would be Fort Sumter.


3 posted on 10/05/2021 8:51:59 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: lowbridge
They have video tape of the "so called" fraud happening.

But they're going to prosecute the President for noticing.

4 posted on 10/05/2021 8:52:00 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: MrRelevant

Even the evil bastards who benefitted from him being robbed of his election know it.

I can’t imagine being that soulless and still sleeping at night.


5 posted on 10/05/2021 8:54:09 AM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: lowbridge

careful what you ask for, discovery can be a itch.


6 posted on 10/05/2021 8:54:33 AM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said thein story was false!)
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To: lowbridge

In the Marxist world interfering with their fraud and machinations is a criminal act.


7 posted on 10/05/2021 9:01:44 AM PDT by Bayan
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To: lowbridge

“a justice department taskforce”

In other words, the same people who perpetrated the Steal are investigating anyone who gets close to exposing them.

Merrick Garfinkel, a modern day Yagoda.


8 posted on 10/05/2021 9:02:28 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: lowbridge

The Guardian is the UK version of the NY Times, only more LEFT! Their probity is to be judged on their past performance!


9 posted on 10/05/2021 9:04:22 AM PDT by SES1066 (Ask not what the LEFT can do for you, rather ask what the LEFT is doing to YOU!)
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To: lowbridge
Lol. The Guardian. ROTFL. Sit on it and spin, lefties.


10 posted on 10/05/2021 9:11:16 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: lowbridge
Despite these investigations, Trump is still pushing bogus fraud claims in Georgia.

Are there any "journalists" at the Guardian who can support their assertion that there are "bogus fraud claims?"

Or is it too much trouble to review the mountain of evidence and affidavits in connection with the alleged fraud?

Could these "journalists" be liable for making false statements?

11 posted on 10/05/2021 9:13:17 AM PDT by olezip
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To: lowbridge; All
The article is troubling as are many on this topic. We have the actual leaked settlement call. Trump was asserting enough issues existed to “find” the tallied gap was not correct for legally cast ballots. I have not listened to the whole leaked call, only selective clips in the press used to prop up their damaging narrative. From all I heard, he wasn’t telling anyone to violate the law, he argued following the law identifies enough votes that were improperly (illegally) cast to effect the outcome.

Trump can say whatever he likes, such as suggest decertification is warranted, but it was up to his legal team to make the case under Georgia law. The client, Trump, is not expected to be an expert in state law.

This “get Trump” fetish is dangerous and erodes the rights and trust of the electorate and citizens.

12 posted on 10/05/2021 9:16:42 AM PDT by newzjunkey (“We Did It Joe!” - The Taliban)
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To: newzjunkey; All

This is as amusing as the double standard that exists in how “protests” are handled inconsistently, how calls to influence leaders are handled inconsistently (Biden literally asked the Afghan president to lie about the situation). 1984 and other works have become more blueprint than cautionary tales.


13 posted on 10/05/2021 9:20:51 AM PDT by newzjunkey (“We Did It Joe!” - The Taliban)
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To: lowbridge

...................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48

Song about: General “Willie” (prick) Mark Milley, General Austin & Winken Blinken. Start at .43 minutes to skip Hannity intro...


14 posted on 10/05/2021 9:26:37 AM PDT by GOPJ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48 Song: Willie (prick)Milley, Gen Austin & Winken Blinken)
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To: newzjunkey
This “get Trump” fetish is dangerous and erodes the rights and trust of the electorate and citizens

Ya think?

15 posted on 10/05/2021 9:29:47 AM PDT by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siati armati!)
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To: MrRelevant; Eagles6; Salamander; cableguymn; Bayan; Regulator; SES1066; Seruzawa; olezip; ...

“This is as amusing as the double standard that exists in how “protests” are handled inconsistently, how calls to influence leaders are handled inconsistently (Biden literally asked the Afghan president to lie about the situation). 1984 and other works have become more blueprint than cautionary tales.’ — newzjunkey
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More people being red pilled every day
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48

Song about: General Mark (Willie (prick) Milley, General Austin & Winken Blinken. Start at .43 minutes to skip Hannity intro...


16 posted on 10/05/2021 9:37:27 AM PDT by GOPJ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48 Song: Willie (prick)Milley, Gen Austin & Winken Blinken)
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To: lowbridge

To quote scoldilocks

( who probably quoted me /-)

Blah Blah Blah.


17 posted on 10/05/2021 9:39:01 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: lowbridge

Nothing
Burger


18 posted on 10/05/2021 9:41:41 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: MrRelevant

This will go from gathering steam to a wet fart there’s nothing there


19 posted on 10/05/2021 10:07:32 AM PDT by Lod881019
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To: lowbridge

The rats are grasping at straws. They are scared to death of Trump running and winning in a landslide in 2024.


20 posted on 10/05/2021 10:26:16 AM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed, the more evidence I see supporting my decision. Psalm 144:5-8)
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