#MarkMeadows spent >4 hrs #testifying on Mon before US Dist Court Judge Steve C. Jones, who is considering #Meadows’ petition to move his case to #FederalCourt, where he will then seek to #dismiss charges.

…But #prosecutors argued Meadows’ post-election efforts, incl’g a visit to a suburban #Atlanta ballot processing center & arranging the now-infamous Jan 2, 2021, phone call between #Trump & #Georgia SOS #Raffensperger #violated the federal #HatchAct,

#MarkMeadows’s job wasn’t to help #Trump steal the 2020 election

This is how he justifies asking to be tried in #FederalCourt for his actions — such as setting up the Jan. 2, 2021, call in which Trump asked #Georgia Secy of State Brad #Raffensperger (R) to “find 11,780 votes” — rather than in the GA state courthouse where he faces charges from #FultonCounty’s DA.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/30/meadows-trump-georgia-federal-court/

#Trump invoked #RubyFreeman’s name 18 times during a (recorded) phone call w/Brad #Raffensperger, the #Georgia secy of state, on Jan. 2, 2021. In the call, Trump asked Raffensperger to help him “find” 11,800 votes — enough to swing the results in GA from the winner, Joseph R. #Biden Jr.

“I’ve lost my name, & I’ve lost my reputation,” Ms. Freeman testified to the House panel, adding…, “Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?”

Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor, on Thursday claimed that former President Donald Trump was merely seeking a recount when he demanded Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger "find" enough votes to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.

Just another Trump bootlicker.
#raffensperger
#gop

It’s Heating Up: #Raffensperger Ordered to Testify Against Mark #Meadows https://newrepublic.com/post/175178/raffensperger-subpoena-testify-mark-meadows-georgia
#Georgia

#Georgia Secretary of State Brad #Raffensperger & state election investigator #FrancesWatson have been #subpoenaed to #testify during a Monday hearing in #FederalCourt in Georgia to determine if the #RICO #indictment filed against fmr #Trump White House Chief of Staff #MarkMeadows should be transferred to federal court.

Opinion:

Donald $Trump’s attorney John F. #Lauro has claimed that Mr. Trump’s requests to Vice President Mike #Pence and Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad #Raffensperger, were not illegal because they were “#aspirational,” which is to say they spoke to a hope rather than a plan.

By the same token, I presume that if I asked someone to cooperate with me in robbing a bank, that too wouldn’t be part of a #criminal #conspiracy, because my request was merely “aspirational.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/opinion/letters/donald-trump-thought-language.html

Before #Jan6, #MarkMeadows joked about #Trump’s false election claims

Mark Meadows joked about the baseless claim that large numbers of votes were fraudulently cast in the names of dead people in the days before the then-WH chief of staff participated in a phone call in which Trump alleged there were close to 5k dead voters in #Georgia & urged Brad #Raffensperger, GA’s secretary of state, to overturn the #2020election there.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/22/mark-meadows-georgia-election-results-2020-fraud-claims/

New from Georgia

Fulton County prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry

The Fulton County district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia has developed evidence to charge a sprawling racketeering indictment next month, according to two people briefed on the matter.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/21/georgia-trump-charges-fraud-election-2020?CMP=share_btn_tw #GOP #Republicans #Elections #voting #racism #Raffensperger #suppression

This isn’t the first #subpoena #Raffensperger & his team have received from #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith’s office.

Late last yr, a #GrandJury requested all coms the secretary’s office had w/ #Trump & his campaign between June 2020 & Pres Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021. The jury singled out communications w/nearly two-dozen of Trump’s attys, incl’g Rudy #Giuliani; John #Eastman, the architect of the “alternate” electors scheme; & longtime #Georgia lawyers #LinWood & Stefan #Passantino.

In a #GrandJury #subpoena dated May 31, the #Georgia Secretary of State’s office was directed to hand over “any & all security video or security footage, or any other video of any kind, depicting or taken at or near” State Farm & “any associated data.”

The subpoena… shows the widening interest in Georgia from #DOJ #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith, who sent a… #TargetLetter to #Trump on Sun.

#BigLie #Fraud #ElectionInterference #law #legal #Justice #GOP #Raffensperger

Feds sought #SurveillanceVideo from #StateFarmArena in #Trump probe

Federal prosecutors examining Trump’s attempt to hold onto power following the 2020 election requested surveillance & other security footage recorded at #Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, acc/to a #subpoena obtained by The AJC.

#GrandJury #Georgia #Raffensperger #BigLie #Fraud #ElectionInterference #law #legal #DOJ #Justice #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #GOP
https://www.ajc.com/politics/exclusive-feds-sought-surveillance-video-from-state-farm-arena/TWLKTY4KGFB25DUPSPZXUEDFL4/

Feds sought #SurveillanceVideo from #StateFarmArena in #Trump probe

Federal prosecutors examining Trump’s attempt to hold onto power following the 2020 election requested surveillance & other security footage recorded at #Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, acc/to a #subpoena obtained by The AJC.

#GrandJury #Georgia #Raffensperger #BigLie #Fraud #ElectionInterference #law #legal #DOJ #Justice #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #GOP
https://www.ajc.com/politics/exclusive-feds-sought-surveillance-video-from-state-farm-arena/TWLKTY4KGFB25DUPSPZXUEDFL4/

Special Counsel Narrowing in on Trump Attorneys in 2020 Election Probe https://politicaliq.com/2023/07/03/special-counsel-narrows-in-on-trump-attorneys-in-2020-election-probe/ #Trump #TrumpAttorneys #RudyGiuliani #SydneyPowell #JohnEastman #january6th #election2020 #FakeElectors #DougDucey #Raffensperger #politicaliq #news #politics

#RudyGiuliani, a fmr top lawyer for #Trump, met in recent weeks w/ federal prosecutors who are investigating the ex-president for his efforts to reverse his loss in the 2020 election….

The news of #Giuliani's voluntary interview came as #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith's investigators prepared to meet in Atlanta w/Georgia Secretary of State Brad #Raffensperger as of their #criminal probe.

#Law #Legal #DOJ
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/28/trump-investigation-rudy-giuliani-met-election-prosecutors.html

Georgia Secretary of State Brad #Raffensperger to be interviewed by #DOJ #SpecialCounsel investigators

Raffensperger will meet with the DOJ Special Counsel #JackSmith's team on Wednesday in Atlanta. The interview will focus on #Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election, including the infamous phone call where Trump asked Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes" to secure a win in GA.

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/georgia-secretary-of-state-to-be-interviewed-by-doj-special-counsel-investigators-185221189563

Special Counsel to Interview Georgia's Brad Raffensperger https://politicaliq.com/2023/06/27/special-counsel-to-interview-georgias-brad-raffensperger/ #Raffensperger #Georgia #SecretaryOfState #Election2020 #January6th #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #FaniWillis #FakeElectors #SecretService #votes #politicaliq #news #politics

"launched her investigation into alleged #ElectionInterference just days after a recording was made public of a January 2021 phone call that #Trump made to #Georgia Secretary of State Brad #Raffensperger urging him to “find” enough votes to overturn Trump’s defeat in Georgia.

It was one of several calls Trump and his associates made to Georgia officials prodding them to undertake efforts to change the results of the state’s presidential election"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/24/fulton-county-trump-indictment/

#Indictment

Georgia grand jurors heard another phone call of Trump trying to pressure state official 🔥

#Trump tried to convince #Georgia Secretary of State Brad #Raffensperger to "find" the nearly 12,000 votes he would need to overtake President Joe Biden.

As it turns out, that was far from the only call Trump made to officials in Georgia in a desperate attempt to remain in power.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-georgia-grand-jury-2659601871/

4. State Secretary of State. The GA Secretary of State does not have the power to change how votes are counted simply because the results don’t smell right to him. If Brad Raffensperger (or other officials) had revoked his certification of the results, any claim to power by Trump after his term would have been a coup. 7/8

#Trump #Raffensperger #Georgia #President #2024 #coup #election #usa