“But it should be,” #Trump added. “It’s a rigged election. You can’t have rigged elections.”

The #DOJ sued #FultonCounty, #Georgia last month, demanding officials there turn over #2020election documents, including ballots. Georgia is where Trump asked Secretary of State #BradRaffensperger (R) to “find” 11,780 votes, enough to reverse his loss there in 2020, & many of the #ConspiracyTheories pushed by Trump & his allies focused on the count in Fulton County.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy

The historic state #racketeering charges were filed on August 14, 2023, by #FultonCounty, #Georgia, DA #FaniWillis, an elected Democrat who launched a lengthy investigation into Trump’s interference in the Georgia #election in early 2021.

The investigation began shortly after a January phone call became public in which #Trump pressured Secretary of State #BradRaffensperger, a fellow Republican, to “find” the votes necessary for him to win the state in the election.

#law #RICO #coup

They all told him after investigation, as did his VP #MikePence, that there was no evidence of significant fraud & he lost the election. Pence told #Trump to “take a bow” & think about running in 2024, which Trump thought was too long to wait.

Trump continued his plot to try to overturn the #election, incl’g w/a notorious call w/ #Georgia’s sec of state, #BradRaffensperger, pressuring him to “find” 11,780 votes to overturn the election.

#criminal #law #insurrection #democracy #HarrisWalz2024

At issue are 3 avowed supporters of #Trump who in May took control of the 5-member state #election board & immediately began passing a flurry of rules that prompted an uproar of criticism from state & local election ofcls & from #GOP & #Democrats.
…The Secy of State #BradRaffensperger & AG #ChrisCarr, both #Republicans, oppose the rules. Carr’s office issued an opinion stating that the board overstepped its authority by passing rules that go beyond what state #law allows.

#ElectionLaw #VoteBlue

Over the weekend, ProPublica reported that users of the portal had unsuccessfully attempted to cancel the registrations of 2 #Republican ofcls, Secy of State #BradRaffensperger & Rep #MarjorieTaylorGreene.

The flaw found by Parker was different from the 2 previously reported ones. This one would allow ANY user of the portal to bypass the screen that requires a driver’s license number & submit the cancellation request w/o it.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #privacy #Vote #VoteBlue

In 2020, top #Georgia #Republicans such as Gov #BrianKemp & Sec of State #BradRaffensperger managed to block Trump's attempts to illegally overturn the #election results. Kemp earned #Trump's fury by refusing to use what the then-president called “emergency powers" to stop the certification of Joe #Biden's victory. In an infamous Jan 2021 phone call that helped lead to Trump's #indictment in #FultonCounty, Raffensperger rebuffed the president's demands to "find" him votes.

#law