NEW -- When Trump was attacking Brian Kemp this weekend for failing to fraudulently overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s victory there, he may have inadvertently revealed more details of a scheme that could land him in prison.
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That the former president tried to coerce Kemp into calling a special legislative session to give Trump the state’s electoral votes rather than to now-President Biden has been known publicly since shortly after their Dec. 5 phone call.
But Trump during his rally Saturday twice said that he had asked Kemp to call a “special election” — a request that would mesh with some of his advisers’ recommendations to him to declare martial law in a handful of states he narrowly lost and to force them to hold new elections.
“The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime,” said Norm Eisen, who served as an ethics lawyer in the Barack Obama White House and more recently worked for the House committee overseeing Trump’s first impeachment. “He dug his grave a little deeper on Saturday.”
This district attorney probe in Atlanta remains kind of under the radar, but it could be Trump's biggest and most near-term legal threat.
Fulton DA Fani Willis has been investigating Trump. Spokesman Jeff DeSantis said he could not comment specifically on Trump’s statements, but that “all acts that were potentially illegal attempts to influence the administration of the election are subject to that probe.”
These are serious crimes, as well.
If Trump were to be charged and ultimately convicted of Georgia’s criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, he could face as much as three years in state prison.
If Trump were to be charged and ultimately convicted of Georgia’s criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, he could face as much as three years in state prison.
If his overall pattern of behavior led to his conviction under Georgia’s RICO statute — Willis’ office hired a RICO expert to assist in the Trump investigation — he could face as much as 20 years in prison.
“Even if he called for a special session, he’s at risk. If he called for a special election in the first instance, that’s even worse. If he’s changing his story intentionally, that’s evidence of guilt."
If it was a slip, that also shows a desire corruptly to overturn a legitimate election. Under Georgia law, it’s important evidence,” Eisen said.
“After a crime has been committed any attempt by a person accused to mislead and which indicates a consciousness of guilt is admissible against him when shown to be false.”
*Jeff DiSantis.
My apologies.
My apologies.
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