The investigation is examining whether Trump broke the law when he asked election officials to “find” him 11,780 votes.
that a “significant number of witnesses and prospective witnesses have refused to cooperate with the investigation absent a subpoena requiring their testimony.
But Trump’s conversation with the Georgia secretary of state likely violates the state’s law against coercing election officials to engage in election fraud., Trump lied about the election’s integrity numerous times in order to convince Raffensperger to “find” him 11,780 votes — the exact number that he needed to win against Joe Biden in Georgia.
Trump also made a number of vague threats toward Raffensperger and his attorney, claiming that they could be held criminally liable if they didn’t comply with his demands.
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