Georgia election board member to seek state AG probe of Trump

The lone Democrat on Georgia’s state election board plans to introduce a motion next month urging state attorney-general Chris Carr to open a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.

The plan by David Worley has not been previously reported. The proposal follows other calls for an investigation into a phone call Trump made to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the election results based on false voter fraud claims.

The motion, which Worley plans to present on Feb 10, would also urge a criminal probe by Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat who has said...