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Photo credit Getty Images January 3, 2021 01/03/2021 7:57 pm ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia's election chief to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official "find" enough votes to hand Trump the victory. The conversation Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost. The renewed intervention and the persistent and unfounded claims of fraud by ...

Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to ‘find’ him votes By JEFF AMY, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KATE BRUMBACK Published  Trump under fire for call with Georgia’s secretary of state President Donald Trump is under fire for a call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him to find votes allowing him to win the state. ATLANTA - President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to "find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect o...

More Coverage Advertisement Legal experts and some Democrats suggested the president’s actions may have violated the law. Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate Democratic whip, issued a strongly worded statement urging a criminal investigation, saying Trump sought to “intimidate an elected official into deliberately changing and misrepresenting” a legally counted vote. Law professors, including Stanford’s Nate Persily, tweeted out relevant sections of Georgia’s election code. Two months after the election, and almost three weeks after the electoral college certified Biden’s...

Posted By: Parker Padgett January 3, 2021 @ 1:54 pm Local News, News, State ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the victory. The conversation Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost. The renewed interventi...

Trump, on tape, pressed Georgia official to ‘find’ votes for him The president suggested that Georgia's secretary of state locate 11,780 votes, or one more than Joe Biden's margin of victory. By JEFF AMY, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KATE BRUMBACKAssociated Press Share ATLANTA — President Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of “criminal offense” if officials did not change the vote count, according to ...