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Listen, read Trump’s entire ‘desperate’ 65-minute call with Georgia election officials
President Trump on Saturday afternoon Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Secretary of State, made his 19th call to Raffensperger’s office since losing Georgia and the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in November, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing the white home switchboard books. . But it was the first time Raffensperger had spoken directly with Trump, the Times reported, and officials in his office took up the call, with instructions from the Secretary of State not to release a transcript or a recording, unless the president has attacked or misrepresented civil servants. which has been discussed. “Trump did this in a tweet on Sunday morning, and within hours the Washington Post, then other media organizations, first obtained the recording, showing that Trump had repeatedly requested Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel, Ryan Germany. “There’s enough votes to wipe out Biden’s certified victory of 11,779 votes in the state. ‘There’s nothing wrong with saying you recalculated the votes,’ Trump told Raffensperger at one point. ‘ just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. ‘ The Post posted some of the most explosive exchanges in a video, but also released a transcript and recording of the entire 65-minute conversation. ‘Sometimes incoherent conversations gave a remarkable look at how weakened and desperate the president is over his loss remains, unwilling or unable to let the matter go, and still claims that he can reverse the results in enough battlefield states to stay in office, ” is summed up in the Post. ‘His desperation was perhaps the most outspoken during an exchange with Germany, Raffensperger’s general council, in which he openly begged for validation. ‘ Trump also told Germany he had “a nice surname.” “Trump has done most of the talks, but Raffensperger and Germany have politely pushed back, saying that Trump’s allegations are unfounded or demonstrably false. Dan Balz writes in a Washington Post analysis.” Here was a desperate president who pleaded alternately. , swore and, yes, apparently threatened a civil servant – and fellow Republican – by asking for a change in the outcome of an election that had already been postponed and then certified. ‘ The content of the call, he adds, “speaks for itself, and the audio pieces must be heard by anyone who cares about the integrity of the election in America.” You can read the transcript at the Post Office and listen to the full call below. More stories from theweek.com Trump’s official schedule says he’s going to make a lot of calls and hold a lot of meetings’ Monday Fears rise over Jurassic Park in Indonesia It doesn’t take even an hour in the 117th Congress before drama unfolds on the House floor not.