The outgoing president called Brad Raffensperger to recommend various maneuvers that could change the outcome of the November 3, 2020 ballot.
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In a half-begging, half-threatening tone, Donald Trump phoned for an hour, Saturday, January 2, the Secretary of State of Georgia, a state he lost on November 3, 2020 by a gap of 11,779 votes, to encourage him to change the result. “There is nothing reprehensible in saying, you know, uh, that you have redone the accounts”, recommends the American president, who specifies: “All I want is to find 11,780 votes, or one vote more than what we have. Because we won in the state. “
The recording of the conversation between the president and the official – Republican – of the elections Brad Raffensperger has been delivered to the Washington Post a >, a sign of the tension – or the “civil war”, according to the expression of the online media Politico – which reigns in the Republican Party, three days before the solemn certification of the results of the presidential election by the two chambers Congress, Jan. 6.
The phone call included White House Secretary General Mark Meadows, Conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell, and R yan Germany, the legal director of the secretary of state’s office, the body responsible for organizing the elections and publishing the results.
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Donald Trump has repeatedly reaffirmed that he won the November 3 election in Georgia. “It is impossible that we lost. It is impossible. We won with hundreds of thousands of votes.” He cites the various accusations of fraud that have been put forward by his supporters. These were all dismissed by justice, and Joe Biden’s victory was confirmed by two recounts, including one by hand.
“So Brad, tell me? What is it? What are we going to do? We won the election and it is unfair to take it away like that, argues Donald Trump. I think what you have to say is that you are going to review it; and you can review it, he advises, but with people who want to find answers, not with people who do not seek to find answers. “
The President of the United States says that an assessor, in Atlanta scanned 18,000 ballots three times that were 100% favorable to Joe Biden. “Mr. President, that was not the case, contradicts Brad Raffensperger. We made an audit and we showed that these ballots were not scanned three times.” The beaten is impatient, accuses his source of ‘to be “or dishonest or incompetent”. He claims 5,000 dead voted. “The number is two, corrects the official. Two deceased people have voted.”
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