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WUSA9.COM . >>> NOW TO GEORGIA WHERE
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE CAMPAIGNING.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JO4@E BIDEN IS
CAMPAIGNING IN ATLANTA EARLIER
TODAY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
CHALLENGERS. THE PRESIDENT'S
RALLY COMES AS THE FBI IS
CALLED UPON TO OPEN A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION4@ INTO HIS CALL
WITH THE GEORGIA SECRETARY OF
4@STATE FOR POSSIBLE VIOLATION
ELECTION LAW.
ELECTION LAW. I AM SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE
HEARD THE PHONE CALL BY NOW
THAT IS MORE THAN AN HOUR LONG.
HE TOLD THE GEORGIA SECRETARY
OF STATE TO FIND 11,780 VOTES.
THE VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN IS ONE
OF THE PEOPLE CALLING FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO BE INVESTIGATED.
WITH A LENGTHY TWEET TODAY AND
I SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER4@. HE
CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE PRESENT'S PHONE CALL
AND THAT'S NOT ALL.
>> LEGISLATORS WERE INVITED TO
THE WHITE HOUSE SPECIFICALLY
FOR THIS PURPOSE.
FOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, THE SENATOR
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, MADE THE
SAME CALL TO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE OF GEORGIA.
IT MAY NOT JUST BE DONALD TRUMP
. THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO LITERALLY
CONDUCT ELECTION FRAUD.
>> Reporter: WHAT THE PRESIDENT
DID IN THAT ONE PHONE CALL IS
CERTAINLY UNIMPEACHABLE
CERTAINLY UNIMPEACHABLE OFFENSE, BUT WITH 16 DAYS LEFT
IN OFFICE, IT'S NOT WORTH
PURSUING IN CONGRESS.
>>> AND NOW TO A UNIVERSITY OF
4@
>>> AND NOW TO A UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE 4@LAW PROFESSOR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. I
WANT TO TAKE THE POLITICS OUT
OF THIS.
OF THIS.
OF THIS. FOR HIM A LEGAL STANDPOINT,
DOES A CALL FOR A LEGAL
INVESTIGATION, OR DO DEMOCRATS
NEED TO MOVE ON IN THIS CASE?
>> THERE IS A SIGN OF POTENTIAL
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. AS YOU
MENTIONED THAT BOTH THE STATE
AND FEDERAL LEVEL, THE CRIME TO
SOLICIT ELECTION FRAUD. WHAT IS
ELECTION FRAUD?
ELECTION FRAUD? WE HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM
REPUBLICANS ABOUT ELECTION
FRAUD WHICH IS IMPERSONATING A
VOTER4@. ELECTION FRAUD IS COMI
UP WITH FRAUDULENT VOTES OR
DISTORTING A 4@COUNT. GIVEN THA
GEORGIA, THREE TIMES, CERTIFIED
ELECTION RE4@SULTS INCLUDING
COUNTING THE BALLOTS BY HAND
AN4@D JOE BIDEN STILL WON BY
ABOUT 12,000 VOTES.
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP 4@TO SAY, C
YOU FIND ME SOME VOTES?4@
IT CERTAINLY RAISES THE
QUESTION IF HE WAS ASKI4@NG THE
SECRETARY OF STATE TO
MANUFACTURE FRAUDULENTLY, A WAY
TO WIN GEORGIA4@.
>> IS THAT ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR4
THE LAWYERS?
THE LAWYERS? >> THE TRICKY PART HERE IS THE
QUESTION OF INTENT.
SOME EXPERTS HAVE WEIGHED-IN
SAY IN THEIR IS ENOUGH AND
OTHERS HAVE SAID THERE IS NOT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD SAY, I
BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT I 4@WO
THIS ELECTION4@. HE MENTIONED
400,000 VOTES THAT HE WON
GEORGIA BY.
GEORGIA BY. THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE OF THAT.4@
WITH 60+ LAWSUITS WHERE THE
COURTS HAVE THROWN OUT CASES OR
WITH 60+ LAWSUITS WHERE THE COURTS HAVE THROWN OUT CASES OR@
THE CASES HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN 4@
BECAUSE THE COURTS REQUIRE
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE CLAIMS OUT
OF THIN AIR, THAT ISN'T
NECESSARILY A LEGITIMATELY HELD
BELIEVE. IT IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT
TO PROVE 4@SUBJECTIVE INTENT AN
TO CRAWL INTO THEIR HEAD AND
SAY THIS IS WHAT HE THOUGHT AND
WHAT HE INTENDED TO THWART 4@TH
ELECTION. THAT REQUIRES PROOF.
@ >> THE PRESIDENT SEEMS
CONVINCED HE DID IN FACT WIN
THE ELECTION.4@
THE ELECTION.4@ REPUBLICANS SAY THE PRESIDENT
WAS SIMPLY EXPRESSING
FRUSTRATION.
FRUSTRATION. IS THAT A PLAUSIBLE ARGUMENT?
>> I THINK THAT LATER ON THE
PHONE CALL THAT HE AL4@SO DANGL
>> I THINK THAT LATER ON THE PHONE CALL THAT HE AL4@SO DANGL@
THE NOTION THAT IF YOU DON'T DO
WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO, 4@
THERE COULD BE CRIMINAL
IMPLIC4@ATIONS BECAUSE WE ALL
KNOW THERE IS FRAUD IN GEORGIA.
THAT IS ALSO TRICKY4@. IT DOESN
HELP MR. TRUMP'S CASE IN
THEORY, SHOULD IT GO TO TRIAL4@
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD FOR
POLITICAL REASONS.
POLITICAL REASONS. REMEMBER DONALD TRUMP, 4@AT THI
MOMENT, IS IN CHARGE OF THE
ENTIRE CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
APPARATUS AND HE HAS A DOHERTY
NO ONE ELSE ON THE PLANET HAS.
WHEN HE SAYS LOOK INTO THIS OR
ELSE, THAT IS TRICKY4@ AND
DIFFICULT TO SAY IT IS BENIGN.