On January 2, 2021, during a phone call with Georgia’s Secretary of State, Donald Trump urged him to “find 11,780 votes” to overturn the certified results of the 2020 presidential election. Legal experts argue this request may amount to a criminal attempt to subvert election results — potentially violating both state and federal law. Under Georgia law, a person commits a felony when, with intent to cause another to alter election results, they solicit or command that person to commit election fraud. Georgia Code § 21-2-604 (Criminal Solicitation to Commit Election Fraud) and Georgia Code § 21-2-603 (Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud) could both apply. Federally, § 20511 of 52 U.S.C. § 20511 provides criminal penalties for anyone who “knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud” citizens of fair elections — including through false ballots, registration fraud, or coercion. Critics further contend that by urging a state official to fabricate or find unverified votes, Trump may have attempted to “deprive … residents … of a fair and impartially conducted election process,” a central violation of that statute.