{"id":2000278,"date":"2023-08-14T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-election-official-says-trump-indictments-giving-oxygen-to-his-race\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:34:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:34:24","slug":"georgia-election-official-says-trump-indictments-giving-oxygen-to-his-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-election-official-says-trump-indictments-giving-oxygen-to-his-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia election official claims Trump indictments are fueling his campaign."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-election-official-says-trump-indictments-giving-oxygen-to-his-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000278&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>The recent indictments against former President Donald Trump have been <strong>&#8220;giving oxygen to his campaigns&#8221;<\/strong> to return to the White House, according to a Georgia election official.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Sterling, who currently\u200b serves as the chief operating officer at the Georgia Secretary of State&#8217;s Office, made the \u2063comments\u2062 amid reports that Presidents Trump may\u200b face a new indictment related to the alleged interference in the state&#8217;s 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, this has been\u200b giving oxygen to his campaigns; \u2064this is raising tons of\u2063 money,&#8221; he said during a Sunday appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/week-transcript-8-13-23-rep-jamie-raskin\/story?id=102226606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week<\/a>.&#8221; &#8220;And a lot of that money now is \u200dI think, was pointed out earlier, \u200cit&#8217;s being used to \u200dpay for his lawyers and not for\u200c an actual campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border border-[#D3D3D3] px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-indictment-paving-the-way-for-his-comeback-to-oval-office-predicts-gingrich-5175542\">Trump\u200d Indictment Paving the Way for His Comeback to Oval Office, Predicts Gingrich<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">4\/5\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-indictment-paving-the-way-for-his-comeback-to-oval-office-predicts-gingrich-5175542\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-indictment-makes-him-a-martyr-but-doesnt-assure-him-of-2024-win-strategists-5169043\">Trump Indictment Makes \u200dHim a \u2018Martyr\u2019 but \u200dDoesn\u2019t Assure Him of 2024 Win: Strategists<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">4\/4\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-indictment-makes-him-a-martyr-but-doesnt-assure-him-of-2024-win-strategists-5169043\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;But it&#8217;s driving him being ahead because he is <strong>making himself a victim<\/strong>. He&#8217;s made himself a martyr.\u200b And a \u200blot of\u200d the\u2064 American people are growing\u200b behind him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Potential Indictment<\/h2>\n<p>There have been reports indicating\u200c that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis may charge the former president and his allies regarding alleged attempts to overturn the state&#8217;s election \u2064results in 2020 this week. Her office has \u2062not made any public announcements about \u2063the case.<\/p>\n<p>Geoff Duncan, a former lieutenant governor of the \u2064state, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/former-georgia-lt-governor-to-testify-before-grand-jury-as-trump-indictment-looms-5461859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> he has been subpoenaed to testify before a Fulton County grand jury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can\u2062 confirm\u200c that I have been requested to testify before the Fulton County grand jury on Tuesday. \u200dI look forward to answering their questions \u2063around the 2020 election,&#8221; Mr. Duncan, a Republican, wrote \u200bin \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Republicans should never let\u2062 honesty be mistaken for weakness,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Georgia journalist George Chidi also announced that he was asked to testify on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve just received a call from District Attoney Fani Willis&#8217; office. I have been asked to come to court Tuesday for testimony\u200c before the grand\u200d jury,&#8221; he \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neonflag\/status\/1690421276727279616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-election-official-says-trump-indictments-giving-oxygen-to-his-race\/\" title=\"Georgia election official claims Trump indictments are fueling his campaign.\">social\u200c media \u2064platform formally<\/a> known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sterling said he didn&#8217;t know &#8220;what&#8217;s\u200d going\u200c to\u2063 be in the case in Fulton County yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But he insisted former president Trump lost the state in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of things that we&#8217;ve\u200d learned and public reporting on this is he requested\u2063 there were two independent audits and verifications by outside groups. And both these paid $600,000. And both them said, there \u2062was no fraud. You lost the state,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been saying this over and over again, we counted the ballots three times. He lost the state, and it continued to say he didn&#8217;t lose it. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anybody talking about 2020 election is going \u2064to lose the general election. You&#8217;re not\u200b gaining any voters by doing that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he received the call to\u200c testify, Mr. Sterling \u2062didn&#8217;t directly answer but added he had testified for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-prosecutors-convene-grand-jury-to-hear-evidence-in-criminal-investigation-into-trump-others\/\" title=\"NY Prosecutors Convene Grand Jury To Hear Evidence In Criminal Investigation Into Trump, Others\">special grand jury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My lawyers haven&#8217;t said I can talk too much about this one way or the other,&#8221; \u200che said. &#8220;But if I am called when I am called, I will go and do what I did before, I will\u200c tell \u2062the \u200btruth answer honestly, that&#8217;s all we can do \u2062in this situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Former President Donald Trump arrives at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 12, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Trump&#8217;s Response<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the legal setbacks he is facing, the former chief executive remains a front-runner for the 2024 \u2062Republican presidential nomination. In April, \u2062after he was charged by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, President Trump even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-indictment-paving-the-way-for-his-comeback-to-oval-office-predicts-gingrich-5175542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stretched his lead<\/a> against Florida Gov.\u2064 Ron DeSantis,\u2064 his main rival in \u2062the party&#8217;s primaries.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2064Saturday, \u2062President Trump took his Truth Social platform to denounce\u2063 the potential legal challenge against him, calling the Georgia case a &#8220;<strong>witch hunt.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>He\u2064 told Ms. Willis to focus on \u2064what he called a surging homicide rate in \u200dAtlanta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why is\u2062 &#8216;Phoney&#8217; (Like in PERFECT &#8216;PHONE&#8217; CALL,\u2062 get it?)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indictments on ex-President Trump are fueling his White House comeback campaigns, says Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling. 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