Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis Case in Deep Trouble

Brad Raffensperger, the secretary of state for Georgia, testified that former president Donald Trump did not ask him to engage in any illegal activity during the 2020 election.

The racketeering case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis against the former president and 18 of his associates is completely destroyed by the debunking of the assertion that Trump asked to “find votes” falsely. Raffensperger stated that the conversation, while “extraordinary,” was a “settlement negotiation” that took place amid a discussion about whether to seek a second recount of votes rather than a demand to add new votes, according to Jonathan Turley, a professor at the George Washington University Law School.

“The call was misrepresented by the [Washington] Post and the transcript later showed that Trump was not simply demanding that votes be added to the count but rather asking for another recount or continued investigation,” Turley wrote. “Again, I disagreed with that position but the words about the finding of 11,780 votes was in reference to what he was seeking in a continued investigation. Critics were enraged by the suggestion that Trump was making the case for a recount as opposed to just demanding the addition of votes to the tally or fraudulent findings.”

“Raffensperger described the call in the same terms,” he continued. “He correctly described the call as ‘extraordinary’ in a president personally seeking such an investigation, particularly after the completion of the earlier recount. That is manifestly true. However, he also acknowledged that this was a ‘settlement negotiation’.”

“So what was the subject of the settlement talks?” Turley asked. “Another recount or further investigation. The very thing that critics this week were apoplectic about in the coverage. That does not mean that Trump had grounds for the demand. Trump’s participation in the call was extraordinary and his demands were equally so. However, the reference to the vote deficit in demanding continued investig ation was a predictable argument in such a settlement negotiation. As I previously stated, I have covered such challenges for years as a legal analyst for CBS, NBC, BBC, and Fox. Unsupported legal claims may be sanctionable in court, but they have not been treated as crimes.”

The main argument in Fani Willis’ “racketeering” case, which creates a criminal enterprise out of the process of legally contesting elections, is that Donald Trump called Brad Raffensperger. Trump did not intend to “overturn” an election in an unconstitutional manner; instead, he was looking for a legal remedy for the 2020 election. There does not appear to be any evidence of a criminal offense here; rather, Trump’s political rivals have created a story to prevent him from running for president and to prevent people from choosing him as their leader.