Experts Arguing That Trump Broke Georgia Law, Which He Cannot Self-Pardon For
Did President Donald Trump break the law in asking Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) to “find” votes on his behalf in the 2020 election? It is just under 17 full days until President-elect Joe Biden gets sworn into office, but that is more than enough time for the incumbent to try and pardon himself (as some of his allies have urged him to do before).
The current dialogue about presidential self–pardon stretches back to even before the current administration. One thing is 100-percent clear, however: This federal pardon power does not touch state criminal offenses. That is definitely something to think about, as some legal experts are arguing that POTUS’s phone call not only broke federal law, but also state law (it is unclear if there will actually be investigations of this conduct; other legal experts have said this would be hard to prosecute).
Law Professor Jed Shugerman of the Fordham University School of Law suggested that Trump “arguably” violated both versions of criminal solicitation of election fraud.“Reminder: A presidential pardon has no effect on state criminal charges. Trump cannot pardon himself for the violation of Georgia state criminal law in his soliciting election felonies by Georgia state officials, as recorded in this phone call,” Shugerman noted.
Professor Anthony Michael Kreis of the Georgia State University College of Law also maintained that Trump broke state law on soliciting election fraud. Kreis told Politico that Georgia law says “anybody who solicits, requests or commands or otherwise attempts to encourage somebody to commit election fraud is guilty of solicitation of election fraud. ‘Soliciting or requesting’ is the key language.”
More at: https://lawandcrime.com/politics/experts-arguing-that-trump-might-have-broken-georgia-law-which-he-cannot-self-pardon-for/
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