“The lone Democrat on Georgia’s state election board plans to introduce a motion next month urging state attorney general Chris Carr to open a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. The plan by David Worley has not been previously reported. The proposal follows other calls for an investigation into a phone call Trump made to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the election results based on false voter fraud claims. The motion, which Worley plans to present on Feb. 10, would also urge a criminal probe by Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat who has said she would ‘enforce the law’ in relation to Trump’s call. In the Jan. 2 phone call, Trump urged Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to ‘find’ enough votes to overturn his Georgia loss.”

“Legal experts and attorneys said Trump’s calls may have violated at least three state criminal laws: conspiracy to commit election fraud, criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, and intentional interference with performance of election duties. The felony and misdemeanor violations are punishable by fines or imprisonment. Worley, an Atlanta attorney, told Reuters he was shocked by the transcript of the Jan. 2 call. ‘The more I read it, the more disturbing I found it,’ he said, calling it an unprecedented attempt to toss out certified votes that had been audited and recounted. The transcript quotes Trump telling Raffensperger: ‘All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes,’ which is the number Trump needed to win. On Jan. 6 – the day of the U.S. Capitol riots – Trump bragged about the call in a speech to supporters: ‘People love that conversation because it says what’s going on,’ he said. ‘These people are crooked'” – Reuters.