The former Watergate prosecutor said Sunday that the state's investigation is more likely to 'send Donald Trump to prison' than the House's Jan. 6 probe.
"What is significant with those tapes is that when you put it in context of all of the evidence that the January 6 committee has uncovered—you put that together, Donald Trump has zero defense in Georgia," he said."If I had to put my money on one prosecution that's going to go forward here that will send Donald Trump to jail—it's Georgia. No question about it."
A Georgia investigation into potential election tampering could “send [former president] Donald Trump to jail,” said Nick Akerman, a former Watergate prosecutor on Sunday. Above, Trump speaks in Nashville on Friday.Akerman explained the recorded audio tapes could be difficult for the former president's defense team to defend in court.
The former president, meanwhile, defended the call with Raffensperger in a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday morning. He has previously declared investigations against him as a"witch hunt," and has insisted on his innocence, while also continuing to repeat the baseless claims that he lost the 2020 presidential election due to widespread voter fraud.
"My phone call to the Georgia Secretary of State, with many other people, including numerous lawyers, knowingly on the line, was absolutely PERFECT and appropriate. YES, it was a PERFECT CALL," he wrote.
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