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    Nicholas Goldberg: Will Donald Trump go to prison for asking a Georgia official to 'find' him votes?

    Donald Trump is a dangerous and dishonest man, and I'd be happy to see him punished if it is determined he's committed a crime. But I wonder how easy it's going to be to prosecute him for asking the secretary of state of Georgia to "find" 11,780 votes. That's his famous statement, remember? Some consider it a smoking gun. "I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have," he ...
    by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times Feb 25, 2023 3 minutes
    An audio recording of former President Donald Trump talking to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is played during the US House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, 2022.

    Donald Trump is a dangerous and dishonest man, and I'd be happy to see him punished if it is determined he's committed a crime.

    But I wonder how easy it's going to be to prosecute him for asking the secretary of state of Georgia to "find" 11,780 votes.

    That's his famous statement, remember? Some consider it a smoking gun. "I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have," he said on a call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Jan. 2, 2021.

    Trump's meaning was perfectly clear: Find me

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