Loeffler's texts post-2020 election go public, raising new investigative questions - POLITICO

Notably, the log of texts was sent arsenic a study from Cellebrite, a work typically utilized by investigators to extract integer information from compartment phones. The quality of the papers suggests Loeffler’s telephone whitethorn person been subpoenaed oregon different provided to prosecutors successful Fulton County, Georgia, who are presently investigating Trump’s attempts to power 2020 predetermination results successful the state.

“The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office has not released immoderate documents related to Senator Kelly Loeffler,” said Jeff DiSantis, a spokesperson for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Loeffler aides did not respond to aggregate requests to corroborate the authenticity of the messages log, which was first reported connected Wednesday night by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Caitlin O’Dea, a Loeffler spokeswoman, described the merchandise of the papers arsenic an effort to divert nationalist attraction up of the midterms.

“The wide media are being weaponized by transgression elements connected the Left to beforehand unverified contented successful a hopeless effort to distract voters 20 days from the election,” O’Dea said.

Metadata accompanying the papers suggests it was created connected July 25, 2022. Asked for further remark astir the root of the Loeffler texts successful the log, its anonymous sender said precocious Wednesday: “Should you ever question their authenticity, don’t hesitate to interaction immoderate of those concerned. Mind you, lone a daredevil tin marque a fortune!”

A sizable chunk of the Loeffler messages uncover her Senate GOP colleagues’ efforts to lobby her successful enactment of their efforts to contention Trump’s nonaccomplishment to President Joe Biden.

On Jan. 1, 2021, according to the log, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) texted Loeffler: “Got a sec to chat?” It’s not instantly wide what the 2 senators discussed connected the phone, but aboriginal that evening Cruz texted Loeffler a projected connection connected objecting to predetermination results: “...Accordingly, [I/we] mean to ballot connected January 6 to cull the electors arsenic not “regularly made” and “lawfully certified” (the statutory requisite), unless and until that exigency 10-day audit is completed.”

Cruz spokesperson Dave Vasquez responded: “As Senator Cruz has stated before, had Congress followed the way helium urged and appointed an Election Commission to behaviour an exigency 10-day audit and see connected the merits the grounds of elector fraud, the American radical would contiguous person overmuch greater assurance and spot successful the integrity of our elections and our democracy.”

Another connection Loeffler received connected Nov. 9, 2020, the aforesaid time she amplified claims of wide anti-Trump elector fraud that aboriginal proved baseless and called for the resignation of Georgia’s Republican caput of authorities Brad Raffensperger, came from his wife, Tricia.

Tricia Raffensperger reminded Loeffler that they’d met astatine a Christmas enactment successful Washington earlier excoriating the legislator for her governmental onslaught connected the state’s main elections official.

“Never did I deliberation you were the benignant of idiosyncratic to unleash specified hatred and fury connected idiosyncratic successful governmental bureau of the aforesaid party. My household and I americium being personally besieged by radical threatening our lives due to the fact that you didn’t person the decency oregon bully manners to travel and speech to my hubby with immoderate questions you whitethorn person had. Instead you person enactment america successful the oculus of the storm,” Tricia Raffensperger texted Loeffler successful a connection authenticated by a idiosyncratic acquainted with it.

“Unlike you my hubby is an honorable antheral with integrity to bash the close thing,” she continued, asking: “What benignant of idiosyncratic are you that would purposely bash this? I americium truthful disappointed, I thought you were amended than that! You bash not merit to beryllium successful elected office. You are not worthy of the precocious calling of that position.”

Tricia Raffensperger has spoken publically astir the threats she and her household faced successful the aftermath of the predetermination and told Reuters successful June 2021 that her household went into hiding for a week successful November 2020 aft a break-in astatine their widowed daughter-in-law’s home.