An audio recording of the flattering and threatening pressure from Donald Trump to change the outcome of the election was released.

Biden Won, Trump Still Fighting: 2020 US Presidential Election

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3. The competition between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden was very close in several states, so it was only on November 7 that it turned out that Joe Biden would be the 46th president of the United States. Follow the events and possible consequences of the prolonged presidential election on hvg.hu.

US President Donald Trump tried by phone to pressure Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to reverse the November election result, according to a recording of an hour-long conversation. The Washington Post posted on Sunday.

According to news reports, Trump called Brad Raffensperger, also a Republican, who is the top local official in charge of the Georgian elections, on Saturday. THE The Washington Post wrote that

Trump “complimented, begged and threatened” during the conversation.

However, Raffensperger and an adviser to his office rejected it, believing that the president was referring to conspiracy theories about the purity of the election, which had already been disproved several times. Sample Reuters Citing what was said, Trump called the incident officer the enemy of the people. Meanwhile, Raffensperger tried to convince him that the data he was referring to was incorrect.

Look, that’s all I want. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we need. Because we won the state

Trump said The Washington Post according to your report. The White House has yet to respond, nor has Raffensperger’s office.

However, Bob Bauer, an adviser to President-elect Joe Biden, noted that the recording is a good example of “Trump’s attack on American democracy.” Vice President-elect Kamala Harris described the events as an “outright abuse of power” at a campaign event in Georgia on Sunday, which she said shows Trump’s desperation.

Donald Trump lost just over 10,000 votes in South Georgia, but it was not in that state that Joe Biden won the presidential election against him.



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