If, as the committee argues, President Trump’s claims of a stolen election constitute common-law fraud, then Abrams could be in legal danger, too.
ust under two weeks ago, the House’s January 6 committee laid out potential criminal charges against former president Trump in an explosive new filing in a California court. The committee’s theory that Trump is guilty of common-law fraud should make Stacey Abrams sweat, given her repeated claims that she won Georgia’s 2018 gubernatorial election.
Over slightly more than five pages, the committee argues that President Trump could potentially be charged with conspiracy to defraud the American people. The committee specifically states that there is evidence that Trump’s repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him amount to common-law fraud. The parallels to Abrams’s own years-long campaign of stolen-elections lies are unmistakable.
According to the committee, in Washington, D.C., and many other jurisdictions, fraud (whether common-law or statutory) occurs when a person or entity makes (1) a false representation; (2) in reference to material fact; (3) with knowledge of its falsity; (4) with the intent to deceive; and (5) action is taken in reliance upon the representation.
Abrams’s false claims check off every box.
1) A False Representation: Since her 55,000-vote loss to Republican Brian Kemp in Georgia’s November 2018 gubernatorial race, Abrams has repeatedly claimed that the election was stolen from her. In...
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