Former President Donald Trump could be charged with multiple crimes over election interference in Georgia, a new analysis says.
Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesThe report says Trump and his allies pressured Georgia officials to overturn his loss in the state.See more stories on Insider's business page, a leading think tank in Washington, DC, analyzed publicly available evidence which showed that Trump and his allies attempted to pressure Georgia officials to "change the lawful outcome of the election."
The report added that Trump publicly pressured and personally contacted several other Republican officials in Georgia to ask for their help in overturning his electoral loss in the state, including Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr. Trump reportedly placed direct calls to the officials in December to urge them to go along with "his increasingly desperate plans to decertify his loss.
Giuliani appeared before committees in the Georgia Capitol with the intent of convincing state lawmakers to "take extraordinary action to reverse Biden's win," the report notes.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alsoThe Brookings Institution report analyzed these probes and suggests the crimes that Trump could be charged with, along with his legal defenses.
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