Trump Call to Georgia Official Might Violate State and Federal Law  —  The president's demand for action to overturn the result of the election in the state raised questions about whether he violated election fraud statutes, lawyers said, though a charge is unlikely.

POLITICO Playbook: The backstory of Trump's Georgia call  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Good morning from Atlanta, Gateway to the South and the pulsing center of Tuesday's two U.S. Senate runoffs that will determine partisan control of the upper chamber and the success of Joe Biden's first term as president.

Trump Crosses a Bright-Red Line  —  In a bombshell conversation with Georgia's secretary of state yesterday, President Donald Trump made monkeys of every Republican official and every conservative talking head who professed to believe Trump's allegations of voter fraud.

Raffensperger: Trump could face investigation over election call  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that it was unlikely his office would open an investigation into his weekend phone call with President Donald Trump, but suggested a criminal probe could still be launched by an Atlanta-area district attorney.

Trump's Phone Call Is What Coup Fever Looks Like  —  The U.S. president goes back to Georgia, looking for some votes to steal.  He knows that he's been beat.  —  Like the little boy haunted by ghosts in the horror movie “The Sixth Sense,” President Donald Trump sees dead people everywhere.

The GOP battle lines drawn by Trump and McConnell will shape the next four years  —  The Republican battle lines being formed in President Trump's final days — his loyalists vs. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's establishment — will shape American politics for the next four years.