US President Donald Trump was videotaped Sunday by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, pressuring the Secretary of State and his legal counsel to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
The conversation was mainly between Donald Trump and Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, but there were also people from the Trump campaign like Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, and attorney Cleta Mitchell, as well as Ryan. Germany, Raffensperger’s attorney.
Trump gave an idea of how his campaign is arriving at numbers of electoral fraud
One of Trump’s campaign associates who was part of the call told the secretary of state that the campaign learned that the dead voted in the election through newspaper obituaries. “We take the name, the year of birth, we have certain information available to us, we have asked your office for the records you have. Same name and same year of birth that have passed away. So that the records are available to us, ”he said. “4,502 voters who voted but were not on the voter registration list voted deceased persons,” Trump added. Raffensperger resisted this claim: “The data you have is wrong. The real number is 2, ”he replied. Later, towards the end of the phone call, Trump’s attorney pressed once more to access the state’s database, but Raffensperger and his legal advisers refused to honor his request, invoking that state data is protected by the law.
Secretary of State stood firm against Trump, defended election results
Raffensperger rejected Trump, insisting that Biden’s victory in Georgia was fair. Responding to Trump’s electoral fraud figures, he said, “Well, Mr. President, the challenge you have is that the data you have is incorrect.” Trump continued to refer to a video showing a person (whose name was heard) committing electoral fraud. Raffensperger resisted his claims, commenting: “I think it’s very unfortunate that Rudy Giuliani and his people cut and cut the video.” His attorney also denied the Trump campaign access to state data for cross-checking purposes, continually insisting that all data is protected by law.
Trump said Raffensperger could face a criminal investigation
Trump intimidated Raffensperger and his legal adviser by warning of a criminal investigation, the Associated Press reported. “You know what they did and you are not reporting it,” Trump said. “You know, that is a crime. And you know, you can’t let that happen. That is a great risk for you and for Ryan, your attorney. That’s a huge risk. “Trump also commented that even though Raffensperger is a Republican, his state did not have a precise election, baselessly claiming the election was wrong by” hundreds of thousands of votes, “Reuters reported. Adding a moment later that he only needs enough votes to change the state, “changing the state is a great testimony to our country.” He also accused Georgia officials of certifying a flawed election. Towards the end of the phone call, he could also hear Trump telling Raffensperger that the only people who like what he has done (defended the election results) are the ones who will never vote for him.
Donald Trump told Raffensperger that his actions will lead Republicans to lose Georgia’s runoff
Trump told Raffensperger that if he did not act before Tuesday, he would be hurting the chances of Georgia Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in this week’s second-round election, which will determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate, he reported. AFP. Referring to the laps in the call, Trump said: “It’s going to have a huge impact on Tuesday if they don’t fix it quickly. He also added that people hate the state government and the secretary of state, both Republicans and will not vote in Tuesday’s elections, because of what they have done to their president.
‘It’s not social media, it’s Trump Media’
Donald Trump and his legal team once again raised the issue of ballot shredding. When one of Raffensperger’s associates tried to warn him against videos circulating on social media, Blomberg reported. Trump commented that he gets his information from Trump’s media, not from social media. “Mr. President, the problem you have with social networks, is that people can say what they want,” said the associate, “No, this is not a social network, this is a Trump network,” said Trump, adding that “he does not care about social networks”. mass media “.
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