.MaddowBlog: I don't care that former President Trump is issuing a bunch of statements with obvious lies. I do care that Trump's statements with obvious lies apparently reflect quite a bit of anxiety about his legal jeopardy.
As Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis requests a special grand jury to aid her investigation into Donald Trump's alleged election interference, the controversy clearly has the former president's attention. I can say this with confidence because Trump, who said very little about the matter for months, suddenly can't stop talking about it.
It's a strange defense for a variety of reasons, but of particular interest was the apparent admission that he pressured Georgia's state attorney general to look for non-existent corruption. We knew that Trump was facing an investigation over his lobbying efforts toward Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, but Friday's statement suggests the former president might be receiving scrutiny for multiple calls.
Also notable is the sheer volume of related foolish statements. A day earlier, Trump issued a separate"My phone call to the Secretary of State of Georgia was perfect, perhaps even more so than my call with the Ukrainian President, if that's possible. I knew there were large numbers of people on the line, including numerous lawyers for both sides. Although I assumed the call may have been inappropriately, and perhaps illegally, recorded, I was not informed of that.
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