The investigation comes just as Raffensperger’s office launches its own investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn the election, an investigation that includes a review of both the then-president’s call and another call to a Georgia election official.
Willis said his “investigation includes, but is not limited to, potential violations of Georgia’s electoral law which prohibits soliciting electoral fraud, submitting false statements to state and local government agencies, conspiracy, extortion, breach of oath and any involvement in the violence of threats related to the electoral administration. ”
“This matter is a high priority, and I am confident that, as fellow police officers who have sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States and Georgia, our acquisition of information and evidence of potential crimes through interviews, documents, videos and electronic records will be cooperative, “says the letter.
Trump himself is not mentioned in the letter, but Willis’s office confirmed to CNN that the investigation concerns his phone call with Raffensperger. The letter also says that Fulton County officials currently “have no reason to believe that any Georgia official is a target” in the investigation.
In that investigation, Raffensperger, the state’s top election official, is also investigating Trump’s hour-long phone call, in which Trump criticized his Republican colleague for refusing to falsely say he won the election in Georgia and repeatedly spread unfounded allegations of electoral fraud. .
Another call occurred on December 23 between Trump and a Georgia election investigator in the office of the Secretary of State who led an investigation into allegations of electoral fraud in Cobb County. On that call, Trump asked the investigator to “find the fraud”, saying the officer would be a “national hero”, according to a source with direct knowledge of the connection.
There were 18 attempts to call the White House to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office between the election and the January 2 phone call between Trump and Raffensperger, a Georgia state official told CNN.
There were no credible allegations of any voting issues that would have impacted the election, as claimed by dozens of judges, governors, election officials, the Electoral College, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Michael J. Moore, the former US attorney for the Central District of Georgia between 2010 and 2015 under President Barack Obama, told CNN that the various calls “kind of start to tell the story that this was not an officer trying to talk to another officer about problems he or she may see in an election. ”
“It’s more about how I get to the place where I can win the race,” he said, adding that the now infamous link “sounds like any other link you might have with an organized crime network or a drug conspiracy network or something. thing.
“And that’s what you almost have a code talking about – that’s what I need you to do, if you can help me out here,” Moore told CNN.
This story has been updated with additional reports, background information and reactions.
CNN’s Jim Acosta contributed to this report.