Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis kicked off her investigation with a splash earlier this year, when she fired off a round of letters to Georgia officials asking them to preserve documents related to Trump just a month after she took office.
Trump — still burned by his 2020 defeat and feeling betrayed by local officials who refused to help him overturn the 2020 election results — has rolled out a number of endorsements in Georgia. Willis's probe spans not only the former President's activities, but also a call between Sen. Lindsey Graham and Raffensperger, Rudy Giuliani's false allegations of election fraud before Georgia legislators and the surprise departure of Byung"BJay" Pak from his role as US attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
Investigators have also interviewed a handful of staffers in Raffensperger's office, including general counsel Ryan Germany, press secretary Ari Schaffer, chief operating officer Gabriel Sterling and external affairs director Sam Teasley, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The Georgia officials have not been accused of wrongdoing and the letters noted that they were not expected to be targets of the investigation.
"Clearly, any information she gets could be and would be helpful," said Michael J. Moore, a former US attorney for the Middle District of Georgia."I can't imagine that she would want this case to be languishing in an investigative state for a long period of time, so she may be hoping that she gets some backup from the congressional committees."
The congressional committees are likely to get information that's"extremely relevant" to Willis's investigation and staff-level conversations have already begun between the district attorney's office and congressional committees, a person familiar with the matter said. "I'm here begging you for help," Willis told the Fulton County Board of Commissioners this week."I'm drowning. I need help."It was her second appearance before the board in recent months to request additional funds and personnel.
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