Thread by @ASFleischman

I went through the transcript of the phone call, and I went through the OCGA, and I can honestly say that I don't identify a crime.

The closest Trump comes is solicitation to receive a thing of value for an official act, but he doesn't offer a concrete thing.

The vague threat of a crime might work if Raffensperger were an "officer of the court," like a probation officer, but here, I don't think he qualifies.

Remember that criminal laws are written by professional politicians, who create the broadest possible laws to address, for instance, possession of an imitation drug, and some of the narrowest when it comes to their own wheeling and dealing.

The influencing a witness statute is quite broad, and the proceeding need not be "pending," but still hard to imagine that the SoS is a potential witness, or that the Trump campaign is asking to alter or mutilate documents.

This might be the best bet, though.

Someone suggested that his might be solicitation to commit election fraud, as suggested in this statute.

But the advantage of Trump being vague and rambling is that he doesn't suggest any particular action, just "finding" bad votes by sitting down with his lawyers.

I'm not a prosecutor, and, as a long-time defense attorney, I might be more shy than a prosecutor about chasing a creative theory. But based on the laws I've reviewed so far, I don't think there's PC for a crime.

Happy to be wrong, though.

Here's a crime that ONLY the Secretary of State can directly commit, preventing him from withholding or altering documents. You could try solicitation here, but again, no direct ask that any particular documents be altered.

Here's a SUPER broad law that could mean almost anything, but it's only a misdemeanor.

I've seen OCGA 24-2-604 suggested, but I'm a little uncomfortable with it because "election fraud" is undefined and there are no reported cases.

Assuming election fraud means that it violated some other part of OCGA 24-2, then I'd need to see the specific statute, and the specific ask that violates that statute.

75% of this call was just Trump lying about fraud.