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A recording came to light wherein the 45th president is heard applying pressure on Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, during an official phone call that took place on January 2, 2021.
Byung J. Pak, the former United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia — a Republican who was forced out by Mr. Trump — said that Mr. Trump’s language during his call with Mr. Raffensperger left room for interpretation.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/us/trump-georgia-criminal-charges.html
"Contrast that with former President Donald Trump’s 'perfect call' with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
During the phone call, Trump asked Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes.”
FILE - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announces May, 4, 2023, in Atlanta, that he has set the battleground state's presidential preference primaries dates for March 12, 2024.
Fulton County District Attorney has been investigating Mr Trump after he called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in early 2021 and urged him to “find 11,780 votes” to flip the state in his favour.
Graham also asked whether Raffensperger had the power to toss all mail ballots in counties found to have higher rates of nonmatching signatures, Raffensperger said."
Graham also asked whether Raffensperger had the power to toss all mail ballots in counties found to have higher rates of nonmatching signatures, Raffensperger said."
Raffensperger added that the “lies that were told about the 2020 election” were “now in the court record,” that “none of those allegations were supported by the facts.”
Raffensperger, a Republican, later told The Washington Post he had interpreted Graham’s question as a suggestion to toss out legally cast votes.
Raffensperger has defended the system as being secure and battle tested and that other measures are in place to protect the system during next year’s election cycle.
Raffensperger sets Georgia’s presidential primary dates, and it’s the first time he has endorsed the idea of Georgia as an early state.
Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/02/05/key-republican-wants-ga-as-early-primary-state-in-2028/
Raffensperger: Trump call was a ‘campaign call’
Raffensperger was speaking at the time to the sitting president of the United States.
The former president has consistently called his phone call with Raffensperger “perfect” and has dismissed the Fulton County investigation as a witch hunt.
Source: https://www.denver7.com/news/national/georgia-special-grand-jury-wraps-up-probe-of-trump-allies
The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said this week it will provide naloxone to any of the state’s 159 counties after a letter intercepted on its way to elections officials in Atlanta’s Fulton County tested positive for opioids.
“The truth matters, and integrity counts,” replied Raffensperger.
Trump could be heard asking Raffensperger, referring to an expression that was then trending online.
Willis filed subpoenas on Thursday that had been issued for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and investigator Francis Watson — both of whom Trump called in the wake of the 2020 election as part of his alleged effort to overturn the results.