Trump secret call tape to Georgia Secretary of State to “find” votes for him

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Washington: As per the media reports on Sunday, US President Donald Trump’s an extraordinary phone conversation with the Georgia Secretary of State on Saturday to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the Southern state.

The recording of secret conversation with fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, Washington Post first reported, includes threats that Raffensperger and another Georgia official could face “a big risk” if they failed to pursue his request. The CNN aired parts of speech of Donald Trump, “The people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry”. “And there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you’ve recalculated,” Trump says. “You’re off by hundreds of thousands of votes”.

“Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong”, responded Raffensperger to Trump’s voice. Biden won the long Republican-leaning state by fewer than 12,000 votes — a margin unchanged after recounts and audits.

None of Trump’s allegations have been supported. Even a hypothetical reversal there would not deprive Biden of victory. Word of the recording came at an extraordinary juncture, two days before special runoff elections in Georgia that will decide control of the US Senate, and three days before Congress is to certify the results of the November 3 election. That certification, normally routine, is now being challenged by scores of lawmakers at Trump’s behest.

Trump in a tweet said about the call, saying that Raffensperger “was unwilling, or unable, to answer questions such as the ‘ballots under table’ scam, ballot destruction, out of state ‘voters’, dead voters, and more” ahead of the release of the audio. After the release, the White House declined to comment.

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