Trump called the governor of Georgia; allegedly tried to pressure him to reverse Biden’s victory – VG

In a phone conversation Saturday, Donald Trump is said to have lobbied Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, where he asked him to call a meeting and convince state lawmakers to reverse Joe Biden’s victory, according to a source familiar with the conversation. writes The Washington Post.

A source “familiar with the conversation” confirms the same to CNN.

Kemp is said to have responded that he had no power to do so and declined the request, the source told CNN.

The White House has not commented on the conversation.

Kemp spokesman Cody Hall confirmed that the governor spoke with the president, but when asked about the conversation, he said Trump offered his condolences following the death of Harrison Deal, who was one of Republican Senator Kelly’s advisers. Loeffler.

Hall has previously told CNN that despite pressure from the president on Kemp to intervene in the election process, Georgia law prevents him from doing so.

“Stolen Choice”

The president seemed to be referring to the conversation in and tweet On Saturday, in which he attacked Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, asking for re-verification of the signatures on early voting envelopes, while making allegations about the potential process that fact-checkers have determined are false allegations. or misleading.

A few hours later, the president also responded to a cheep de Kemps, who writes that he has officially requested verification of the signatures three times.

– But you never got the signature verification! Your people refuse to do what you ask. What are they hiding? Request at least an extraordinary meeting with legislators immediately. You can do it easily and instantly, Trump writes.

Trump’s call to Kemp came hours before the president’s planned rally in Georgia.

VG is in attendance, where several hundred have performed Saturday night, and some have been in line since earlier today. Trump is expected to take the stage at 0100 Norwegian time.

Several VGs have spoken to say that they do not trust the election result and believe that Biden has “stolen the election.”

The election in Georgia was so close that it had to be told. More than five million votes were counted by hand and Joe Biden was named the winner with 0.2 percent more votes than Donald Trump. The result prompted Trump to ask for another recount, something he can do as long as it differs by less than 0.5 percent. This tally also confirms that victory goes to Biden.

– There is no evidence

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has stated that there is no evidence of systematic voter fraud in the state.

However, more than 250 cases related to state elections are being investigated in the state, and Raffensperger says that all credible allegations of election illegalities must be verified. At the same time, he reiterated that there is no evidence of electoral fraud, writes the AP news agency.

“Some people are trying to exploit the sentiments of many Trump voters by spreading imaginative accusations, half-truths and misinformation, and in fact they are apparently misleading the president,” Raffensperger said at a news conference Monday.

According to Gabriel Sterling of the Prime Minister’s Office, there is also no indication that the outcome of the elections will change as a result of these investigations.

However, President Donald Trump continues to claim that he only lost the state to voter fraud, without documenting the claim, while both state and federal election authorities say there is no evidence of this.

Those working in the presidential elections in the US state of Georgia have endured harassment and threats, and now the head of the voting system has had enough.

– I can’t begin to explain how angry I am with this right now. All Americans, Georgia citizens, Republicans and Democrats should be equally angry, said Sterling during a news conference Tuesday, who is the head of the voting system in the state of Georgia and a lifelong conservative.