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Donald Trump pressured Georgia election official to change results, Washington Post reports
US President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in the state, according to audio of a Saturday phone call obtained by the Washington Post.
Key points:
- Georgia is one of several crucial swing states where Mr Trump lost the November 3 election to Mr Biden
- The President reportedly told the Georgia Secretary of State there is “nothing wrong with saying … you’ve recalculated”
- Mr Raffensperger reportedly told the President he was relying on debunked conspiracy theories
The reported conversation marks Mr Trump’s latest effort to push unfounded claims of voter fraud during the presidential election, and comes days before a pair of runoff elections in the same state that will…
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