In a half-begging, half-threatening tone, Donald Trump telephoned for an hour, Saturday, January 2, the Secretary of State of Georgia, a State he lost on November 3, 2020 by a gap of 11,779 votes, for encourage him to change the result. “There is nothing wrong with saying, you know, uh, you redid the accounts,” recommends the American president, who specifies: “All I want is to find 11,780 votes, which is one more vote than we have. Because we won in the state. “
The recording of the conversation between the president and Republican election official Brad Raffensperger was handed over to the Washington post, a sign of tension – or ” civil war “, according to the expression of the online media Politico – which reigns in the Republican Party, three days before the solemn certification of the results of the presidential election by the two chambers of Congress, on January 6.
The phone call included White House Secretary General Mark Meadows, Conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell, and Ryan Germany, the legal director of the Secretary of State’s office, the body responsible for organizing the elections and publish the results.
“The ballots were not scanned three times”
Donald Trump has repeatedly reaffirmed that he won the November 3 election in Georgia. “It’s impossible that we lost. It’s impossible. We won with hundreds of thousands of votes. ” He cites the various accusations of fraud that have been brought forward by his supporters. These were all rejected by the courts, and Joe Biden’s victory was confirmed by two recounts, one of which was by hand.
“So Brad, tell me?” What are we going to do ? We won the election and it’s unfair to take it away from us like this, pleads Donald Trump. I think what you have to say is that you are going to review it; and you can reexamine it, he advises, but with people who want to find answers, not with people who do not seek to find answers. “
The President of the United States asserts that an assessor in Atlanta scanned 18,000 ballots three times which were 100% favorable to Joe Biden. “Mr. President, that was not the case, contradicts Brad Raffensperger. We did an audit and we demonstrated that these ballots were not scanned three times. »The beaten one gets impatient, accuses his interlocutor of being “Or dishonest or incompetent”. He claims 5,000 dead voted. “The number is two, corrects the manager. Two deceased people voted. “
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