Flying below the headlines is another possible 2020 election criminal liability for the ex-President, who faces 91 Federal charges and more state criminal and civil charges in New York and Georgia….
Donald Trump could be facing a fifth criminal indictment following reports he pressured Michigan election figures to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
According to The Detroit News, citing a leaked recording of a phone call by someone the publication said was present for the conversation, Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, not to sign the certification of the election results in the state, which Biden won by 154,000 votes. It reports Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, was also involved in the call.
Newsweek contacted representatives for Trump by email and McDaniel by social media to comment on this story. Newsweek has been unable to independently verify the recording. The Detroit Newsreported that spokespeople for Palmer, McDaniel and Trump did not dispute a summary of the call. Hartmann died in 2021.
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While the recording has been described by attorney Joe Gallina as “perfect evidence” against the former president and “another smoking gun” in the federal trial, other commentators have speculated that the evidence could be grounds for a fifth criminal indictment on bribery charges….
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Alongside an extract of the code, Kreis wrote: “It seems like Ronna McDaniel could be in some trouble in Michigan and Donald Trump may be facing a fifth set of charges. A promise was offered in exchange for an official act unlike in Georgia where the preferred method appears to have been limited to browbeating state officials.”….