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‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor

BlueTex said:
www.law.cornell.edu

52 U.S. Code § 20511 - Criminal penalties

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A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office—

(1)knowingly and willfully intimidates, threatens, or coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any person for—
(A) registering to vote, or voting, or attempting to register or vote;
(B) urging or aiding any person to register to vote, to vote, or to attempt to register or vote; or
(C) exercising any right under this chapter; or

(2)knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by—
(A) the procurement or submission of voter registration applications that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held; or
(B) the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held,

shall be fined in accordance with title 18 (which fines shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury, miscellaneous receipts (pursuant to section 3302 of title 31), notwithstanding any other law), or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
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He will pardon himself before he leaves over this
 
Sounds like a dictator.
 
Plasmaball said:
He will pardon himself before he leaves over this
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All roads point to Raffensperger recording the call. Are there any state laws violated?
 
Phys251 said:
Still no posts from the trump shit-slurpers. They must be taking their Sunday naps.
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This one is a bit of bother to defend.........
 
Phys251 said:
Still no posts from the trump shit-slurpers. They must be taking their Sunday naps.
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Or watching football.

Is Hannity on tonight?
 
Geoist said:
Or watching football.

Is Hannity on tonight?
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Not the NFL. Remember, the NFL is liberal. :rolleyes:

Better to watch college football, /s where the players have nearly zero rights.
 
Rexedgar said:
All roads point to Raffensperger recording the call. Are there any state laws violated?
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Nope, Georgia is a one party consent state...
 
BlueTex said:
Nope, Georgia is a one party consent state...
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I meant are any state laws broken by Trump’s attempted interference.

DC is also a one consent jurisdiction, I first thought that the recording came from the White House, but Raffensperger seems to have telegraphed his move on Twitter.
 
Geoist said:
Yeah but those left-wing universities!
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I've never understood how conservative college football fans don't make that connection. Some of those revenues go directly to the colleges.
 
At the time of this post, FOX still has not reported the call and its webpage has "Nervous Nancy" as the main story.
 
pamak said:
At the time of this post, FOX still has not reported the call and its webpage has "Nervous Pelosi" as the headline.
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They can't run the risk of upsetting their viewers.
 
Phys251 said:
I've never understood how conservative college football fans don't make that connection. Some of those revenues go directly to the colleges.
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And some are used for the "socialist indoctrination" (scholarships for free education) of student athletes with a high percentage of Blacks (and BLM activists).
 
I just found this article on-line. I knew there would be a thread on DP about the topic. This is a good one. As January 6 approaches, Trump continues to decompensate. :)

www.nytimes.com

Trump Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Enough Votes to Overturn Election

The president vaguely warned of a “criminal offense” as he pressured Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a call, according to audio excerpts.
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MTAtech said:
‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor

President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions.

The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims, at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking “a big risk.”
Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel rejected Trump’s assertions, explaining that the president is relying on debunked conspiracy theories and that President-elect Joe Biden’s 11,779-vote victory in Georgia was fair and accurate.
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At another point, Trump said: “So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”
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Just when your thought Trump could go now lower, he proves you wrong.
Here, he is trying to strong-arm the Georgia Secy of State into interfering with votes already cast, already counted in an election already certified -- perhaps asking the Secy of State to commit a crime. I think making this request is a crime of its own.
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Who recorded a private conversation?

If any of us do that and publish it we face stiff consequences.
 
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