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The state certified its election results three times under Raffensperger’s leadership and found no mass voter fraud. Trump has tossed out debunked conspiracy theories over the Georgia election since his loss. Trump in 2021 pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to “find” votes to overturn the election results after he narrowly lost the state to Biden. “I had every right to complain that the election in Georgia was in my opinion rigged,” the former president said. On Saturday, Trump railed against Willis’ investigation, saying she was “coming after me over a perfect phone call.” In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to announce in August whether there are any charges in her investigation into attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in the state. In March, the Manhattan district attorney indicted Trump on charges related to hush-money payments to a former adult star. Second Trump indictment freezes GOP primary as rivals tap-dance around charges President Donald Trump speaks during a 'Keep America Great' campaign rally at Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, on January 9, 2020. Smith’s investigation into January 6, 2021, and efforts to overturn the election is still ongoing. As president, he was twice impeached by the Democratic-led House but avoided conviction by the Senate.īut after leaving office, the Justice Department’s criminal investigations into the alleged retention of classified information at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election cast dark clouds over the former president. He has settled a number of private civil lawsuits through the years and paid his way out of disputes concerning the Trump Organization.

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Trump has long avoided legal culpability in his personal, professional and political lives. His team still thinks Trump will likely benefit politically – at least in the short term – the source said, but aides have grown more wary of how the indictment will play out legally. Carlos Gimenez as his allies made rounds of phone calls to shore up support for the former president.Īfter the indictment was unsealed Friday, concern began to settle in, a source familiar with the mood at Bedminster told CNN, as Trump aides began to acknowledge the legal implications. Trump spent Friday morning in Bedminster playing golf with Florida Rep. News of Trump’s indictment Thursday was met at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey with a belief that he would benefit politically as conservatives rallied around him. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Trump and the First Lady traveled earlier to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania to mark the 19th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to the White House residence as they exit Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Septemin Washington, DC.