Ex-US President Donald Trump continues to come under pressure.
In addition to the ongoing impeachment proceedings, a public prosecutor is now investigating the attempt to influence the election.
Impeachment proceedings are already underway against ex-US President Donald Trump *.
Now a phone call could be fatal for him.
A public prosecutor is now investigating attempted election manipulation.
Fulton County - The air for the former US Predient is getting thinner.
The impeachment proceedings were opened in the US Senate.
The US Democrats want to convict Trump as the instigator for storming the Capitol and thus prevent him from starting again in an election.
But now the former president threatens further trouble.
Trump over call under pressure: Prosecutor investigates
Trump had called in a call to "find" votes in the state of Georgia.
So he wanted to prevent the state from going to its adversary Joe Biden.
Because of this call, the public prosecutor is now investigating.
Prosecutor Fani Willis is investigating Fulton County on suspicion of attempts to influence the election.
Willis announced this in a letter to State Secretary Brad Raffensperger, responsible for organizing elections in Georgia, from which various US media quoted on Wednesday.
Trump wanted to "find" voices in Georgie - recording the conversation could convict him
Trump had openly asked Raffensperger in the one-hour phone call in early January to bring together enough votes for his election success in the state.
A recording of the conversation was passed on to the US media.
Among other things, it heard Trump say, "I just want to find 11,780 votes." Georgia was one of the states that voted in favor of Trump's challenger Joe Biden in November.
Georgia brought Biden 16 votes from electoral voters.
He got 306 votes in the end, while 270 are needed for a win.
Trump claims, without any evidence, that the victory was stolen from him by massive election fraud.
(dpa)
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