What it is: Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D), an elected prosecutor in the Atlanta area, is investigating efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) to “find” enough votes to reverse Biden’s victory. He also called the top Georgia state elections investigator and urged her to identify wrongdoing in the state’s vote, and contacted Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and state Attorney General Chris Carr (R). Prosecutors are scrutinizing Trump’s calls, as well as testimony that his allies gave to Georgia state lawmakers in December 2020, and the scheme to certify a slate of alternate electors from the state to contest the election results.
Where it stands: Willis said in an April letter to law enforcement officials that she would announce possible criminal indictments in the case between July 11 and Sept. 1. She seemed to narrow that window in a May 18 letter to the top…
This article was written by Shayna Jacobs and originally published on www.washingtonpost.com