Special Counsel Subpoenas Georgia Secretary Of State

The Washington Post reports:

Special counsel Jack Smith has sent a grand jury subpoena to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, bringing to five the number of 2020 battleground states where state or local election officials are known to have received such requests.

State and local officials in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have received similar subpoenas — all of them, like Georgia, central to President Donald Trump’s failed plan to stay in power after the 2020 election.

Raffensperger shot to prominence following a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call with Trump in which the president urged him to “find” enough votes to reverse his defeat in Georgia.

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Breaking WaPo: Special counsel Jack Smith has sent a grand jury subpoena to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Officials in five of the six battlegrounds where Trump tried to reverse his defeat have received similar subpoenas. https://t.co/WG2P2dlz4C

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 12, 2022