Georgia begins criminal probe into Trump effort to overturn polls
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Georgia begins criminal probe into Trump effort to overturn polls

Al Jazeera  

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. “This matter is of high priority, and I am confident that as fellow law enforcement officers sworn to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and Georgia, our acquisition of information and evidence of potential crimes via interviews, documents, videos and electronic records will be cooperative.” Al Jazeera has requested a copy of the letter, which had not been delivered by the publication. On Monday, Raffensperger’s office opened its own probe into Trump’s January 2 phone call pressuring him to overturn President Joe Biden’s November 3 victory in the state based on unfounded voter fraud claims, saying any further legal efforts would be up to the state’s attorney general.

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