{"id":103825,"date":"2021-01-03T20:10:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T20:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=103825"},"modified":"2021-01-03T20:10:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T20:10:48","slug":"in-recorded-call-trump-pressures-georgia-election-official-to-change-results-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/in-recorded-call-trump-pressures-georgia-election-official-to-change-results-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"In recorded call, Trump pressures Georgia election official to change results &#8211; Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning from Mar-A-Lago to the White House in Washington, U.S., December 31, 2020. REUTERS\/Leah Millis<\/figcaption><p>(Reuters) &#8211; U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Georgia\u2019s top election official to \u201cfind\u201d enough votes to overturn his defeat in the state, according to audio of a Saturday phone call obtained by the Washington Post, in Trump\u2019s latest effort to push unfounded claims of voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post, which published excerpts on Sunday of the hour-long call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, said Trump alternately flattered, begged and threatened Raffensperger with vague criminal consequences in an attempt to undo his loss in Georgia to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper said that throughout the call Raffensperger and his office\u2019s general counsel rejected Trump\u2019s assertions and told the president that he was relying on debunked conspiracy theories about what was a fair and accurate election. The audio excerpts published by the Post confirmed that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry,\u201d Trump said, according to an excerpt of the recording published online by the Post. \u201cAnd there\u2019s nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you\u2019ve recalculated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state,\u201d Trump said in the recording, insisting that there was \u201cno way\u201d he lost the state.<\/p>\n<p>The White House declined to comment. Raffensperger\u2019s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Biden\u2019s transition office had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia is one of several crucial swing states where Trump lost the Nov. 3 election to Biden, and where Trump has since made unfounded allegations of election fraud and sought to overturn the results.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-trump\/in-recorded-call-trump-pressures-georgia-election-official-to-change-results-washington-post-idUSKBN2980MG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning from Mar-A-Lago to the White House in Washington, U.S., December 31, 2020. 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