Georgia was mentioned 48 times in federal indictment of Donald Trump

BY ITORO N. UMONTUEN

Five pages were devoted to Georgia in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s federal indictment of Donald J. Trump with considerable mentions of activities that might pique the interest of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Georgia was mentioned forty-eight times in Jack Smith’s indictment which lays out the former president’s attempt to defraud the United States. The indictment referenced events including the November 25th, 2020 lawsuit against Dominion Voting Machines and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp erroneously claiming “massive voter fraud.” It also includes the December 14, 2020 meeting led by for- mer Georgia GOP Chairman David Shafer to nominate Trump for President and the infamous January 2, 2021 phone call in which Trump asked for “11,780 votes.”

While Stacey Abrams officiated the real and ceremonial certification of the actual Georgia results, Shafer officiated what was described as an “education meeting” along with the following individuals:

Then-State Senator and current Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, State Senator Shawn Still of Norcross, Cathleen Alston Latham (the former Coffee County GOP Chairwoman), Joseph Brannan, James “Ken” Carroll, Vikki Townsend Consiglio, Carolyn Hall Fisher (former Forsyth County GOP Chair and former vice-chair of the Georgia GOP),-

Mark Amick, John Downey, Daryl Moody, Brad Carver and C.B. Yadav

The Georgia Republican Party has since retained legal counsel in efforts to protect these individuals from any possible legal entanglement.

Speaking of those results, the Special Counsel’s indictment also references Trump’s insistence of challenging the results in Georgia, even though he knew he was running a fool’s errand. Why? His options at that time were running out because his legal challenges in Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania were unsuccessful.

The first recount revealed no fraud. President Trump would continue to fight the re - sult, even though his wish for a recount was approved due to the percentage margins. Trump also falsely claimed that 10,000 dead people voted and there was rampant fraud at State Farm Arena.

“Working as an engineer throughout my life, I live by the motto that numbers don’t lie,” Raffensperger said. “As secretary of state, I believe that the numbers that we have presented today are correct. The numbers reflect the verdict of the people, not a decision by the secretary of state’s office or of courts or of either campaign.”

Meanwhile, Sidney Powell, a likely one of the six unnamed co-conspirators in