Trump lashes out as grand jury hears election interference case
- U.S. Politics
- DPA
- Published Date: 07:44 | 14 August 2023
- Modified Date: 07:44 | 14 August 2023
Former President lashed out at ex-Georgia Lt. Gov. as an in the Peach state election interference case.
Trump warned Duncan to defy a legal subpoena for his testimony in the case that stems from the ex-president's push to overturn President Biden's .
"I am reading reports that failed former Lt. Governor of , , will be testifying before the Fulton County Grand Jury. He shouldn't," Trump wrote on his social media site.
Trump derided for opposing his broader alleged scheme to overturn the election and stay in power.
It's not known if Trump may face legal consequences for his threat to Duncan, who has said with the summons to testify.
District Attorney began investigating more than two years ago, shortly after a to Georgia's top election official.
If Trump is indicted in , it would be his fourth indictment in recent months.
Leaked details of the probe suggest that under the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, law which would involving Trump and others.
The investigation was prompted by the call Trump made to Secretary of State , a fellow Republican.
Trump suggested the state's top elections official could help "find" just enough votes needed to overtake Biden in the state.
"All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have," Trump is heard saying on a recording of the call, which was leaked to news outlets. "Because we won the state."
Trump has insisted he did nothing wrong and has repeatedly said the call was "perfect."
The probe covers some of the same issues that special counsel has charged Trump with carrying out nationwide, including efforts to recruit a fake slate of pro-Trump electors who falsely claimed he won the state.
In , prosecutors are also reportedly investigating a Trump campaign effort to improperly in a rural heavily Republican county after the 2020 vote.
When his various efforts to overturn the election failed in and elsewhere, Trump urged his followers to "fight like hell" to keep him in power in a fiery speech.
Thousands of violent pro-Trump extremists stormed the in an effort to physically block from certifying Biden's win.
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