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The outgoing US president, Donald trump, asked the Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, to “seek” the votes that were necessary for void victory in that state of the president-elect, the democrat Joe biden, as reported this Sunday The Washington Post.
The newspaper published on its website extracts from audio of a conversation of more than an hour between Trump and Raffensperger, Georgia’s highest electoral authority and who, like the president, belongs to the Republican Party.
In the conversation, Trump complimented Raffensperger and then begged him to act, but in the face of his refusal, threatened to bring him to justice and file criminal charges against him, at the same time that he warned him that he was taking a “great risk” by not accepting his requests.
Exclusive: The Post has published Trump’s entire phone call with Georgia election officials. Listen to the audio and read the transcript here. https://t.co/QOzHKzyMYK
– The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 3, 2021
“The people of Georgia are angry, the people of the country are angry … AND there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know I think your calculations have failed you“Trump is heard saying in one of the recordings of The Washington Post.
In response, Raffensperger responded, “Well, Mr. President, the challenge you have is that your data is wrong.”
At another point in the conversation, Trump was more blunt, saying, “Look, what I want is for look for the 11,780 votes, which is one more of what we have, because we won that state “.
Trump used that figure because Biden beat him by 11,779 votes in the southern state of Georgia, who contributes 16 votes to the Electoral College, the body in charge of electing the US president.
MANEUVER IN THE CONGRESS
In December, the Georgia authorities certified the victory of Biden, who was the first Democrat to win in that state since Bill Clinton did it in 1992 (1993-2001); and, for weeks they would have had to withstand the pressure of the president, who does not acknowledge his defeat and insists – without evidence – that there was fraud.
Trump has filed dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits to challenge the outcome without evidence in several key states where Biden won, and has also pressured state officials, including Georgia, to manipulate the American vote.
Biden’s victory became definitively official on December 14, when it was confirmed by the US Electoral College.
Yet Trump has stood firm in his defiance of the election and hopes to revoke the result on January 6, when the two houses of Congress meet to ratify Biden’s victory, in a symbolic gesture that has gained greater importance due to the president’s opposition.
In fact, a group of eleven Republican senators announced yesterday Saturday that they intend to force a negative vote to block Biden’s ratification in Parliament, although this will have no effect in your confirmation.
Georgia has also become a key state for the future of the United States in the short term, as it holds elections on Tuesday, January 5, in which the two senators who will occupy the two seats corresponding to that state will be elected. in the Upper House, something that will help decide which party has the majority in that chamber.
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