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GA Expands Tump Probe to Include Sen. Lindsey Graham


In Georgia, a Criminal Investigation into Trump’s Post-Election Conduct is Expanding to include Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

The Investigation, which was Opened by Fulton County, District Attorney Fani Willis, earlier this Month, will Probe whether Trump and now Graham, Violated Three State Laws in the Course of Trump’s Attempt to Overturn the Election Results in Georgia following the 2020 Presidential Election and could face Jail.

According to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), Graham asked Raffensperger, in November, whether the Secretary of State had the Power to Throw-Out All Mail-in-Ballots in certain Georgia Counties, a move that could potentially have Tipped the State, and its 16 Electoral Votes, to Trump in the November 2020 Election.

Raffensperger was reportedly “stunned” by Graham’s Question and Rejected the Idea, which would have been Beyond his Power as secretary of State. After Multiple Recounts, President Biden ultimately Won Georgia by 11,779 Votes, becoming the First Democratic Presidential Nominee to do so since Bill Clinton in 1992.

The Graham-Raffensperger Conversation was First Revealed by Raffensperger himself in a November Interview with the Washington Post, and subsequent Reporting by the Post also Uncovered a Conversation between Trump and Raffensperger in early January 2021.

In that call, Trump Explicitly asked Raffensperger to “find” enough Votes to Throw the Election to him. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” Trump told Raffensperger, who was joined on the Call by his Department’s General Counsel, Ryan Germany, and Deputy Secretary of State, Jordan Fuchs.

Trump also repeatedly Denied that he had Lost the Georgia Election and raised a Number of Discredited Conspiracy Theories. “They are shredding ballots, in my opinion, based on what I’ve heard,” Trump told Raffensperger, according to a Transcript of the Call. “And they are removing machinery, and they’re moving it as fast as they can, both of which are criminal finds. And you can’t let it happen, and you are letting it happen.”

A Wednesday Letter by Willis indicates that her Investigation will take a Broad Look at possible Criminal Violations involving the Georgia Election, including “the solicitation of election fraud, the making of false statements to state and local governmental bodies, conspiracy, racketeering, violation of oath of office, and any involvement in violence or threats related to the election’s administration.”

Neither Trump nor Graham are mentioned by Name in the Letter, but Willis has signaled that Prosecutors will look into Actions by both men. The Investigation will also encompass Election Fraud Conspiracies spread by Trump’s Personal Lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, as well as the ouster of Byung J. Pak, then the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.

Pak was reportedly Forced-Out of the Job by the White House in early January 2021 for refusing to Open an Investigation into Nonexistent Election fraud.

Georgia Law makes it a Crime to Solicit another Person to Commit a Felony “with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony.”

So, to the Extent that Trump tried to Enlist Raffensperger, or anyone else, to Tamper with the Electoral Results, they could face Felony Charges. Someone Convicted of Soliciting a Felony in Georgia “shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years”, for each Violtion. Additionally, Georgia Law makes it a Crime to engage in “criminal solicitation to commit election fraud.”

Willis also highlighted the Possibility that Racketeering, which is most often used to Deal with Organized Crime, could come into play. “If you have various overt acts for an illegal purpose, I think you can — you may — get there,” she said of potential Racketeering Charges.

As the Fulton County Probe underscores, Trump and Graham may already have succeeded in Landing themselves in Hot Water in Georgia. But Trump’s potential Legal Exposure Extends Far beyond that, and Encompasses Issues other than the 2020 Election.

Specifically, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance are both conducting Investigations into Multiple Trump Properties and possibly Financial Crimes committed by Trump and his Company. Vance’s Investigation had Expanded to include Loans connected to Four Trump Buildings in New York: Trump Tower, 40 Wall Street, Trump International Hotel and Tower, and Trump Plaza. That’s in addition to an Existing Probe from Vance’s Office into possible Insurance and Bank Fraud by the Trump Organization.

James is looking into possible Fraud connected to Trump’s Seven Springs Estate in Westchester County, New York, as well as other Properties. That Investigation seeks to uncover whether Trump Manipulated Appraisals on the Estate to Secure a Conservation Tax Break after Plans to Develop the Land fell through. At least one of Trump’s Children, Eric Trump, has already been Deposed in the Case after his Testimony was Compelled by a Judge last year.

Judge Lorna G Schofield, in Manhattan, denied the Trump Family Request for a Stay while they Challenged a Lawsuit, led by four Anonymous Plaintiffs, Claimed that Trump and his Children: Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump, were guilty of Fraud and False Advertising by Promoting a Multilevel Marketing company called American Communications Network (ACN). In Exchange, the Trump Family allegedly Received Millions of Dollars in Secret Payments, the Investors were Never made aware of.










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