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Biden carried Georgia by just under 12,000 votes.  They had a Republican governor and Republican Secreatary of State.  Trump called them and asked them to "find" those votes.  I just need one more than Biden got to carry the state.  Trump threatened the Secretary of State with prosecution if he did not "find" the votes. 

The county prosecutor Fannie Wills charged the president with corruption.  Trump fought furiously.  In time, Wills was removed for conflict of interest.  (She was boinking one of her associates).  The person who replaced her was a well respected prosecutor.  Today he dismissed the case.  Why? 

1.  The case should never have been in a county court.  It should have been in a federal court.  Allowing every county prosecutor to bring criminal charges against a president would produce chaos. 

2.  The critical sentence from Trump about "find the votes" could have been interpreted as having criminal intent OR just urging the local official to do his job.  The law specifies that if reasonable people could interpret a statement in two ways, the prosecutor is obligated to grant the accused the benefit of the doubt. 

3.  The case was very complex with many individuals named.  It would have involved multiple trials.  

4.  Trump is now in office.  It could not go to trial until he was out of office.  That would be very difficult.  

What I do not yet understand is what happens to all of the peripheral individuals who already pleaded guilty to being a part of a conspiracy and have been sentenced.  Wills used the RICO law to suggest that there were a host of people involved in this effort.  This podcast will explain the original indictment document, including the logic of the RICO charge. 

This is not long and is very informative.