Trump asked Georgia Secretary to find 11,780 votes – True
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“Donald Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find 11,780 votes to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election results”
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Donald Trump explicitly asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes,” which would have given him a one‑vote margin and reversed the state’s 2020 presidential election outcome. This request was documented in the January 2021 phone call transcript and reported by major news outlets.
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- FINAL REPORT of the Select Commitee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
And you can’t let that happen,” the President said.5 “That’s a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer . . . I’m notifying you that you’re letting it happen.” 6 · And then the President made his demand. “So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which ...
- Trump fordert Bundesstaat Georgia zu Änderung des Wahlergebnisses auf | Reuters
Doch auch mit einem Sieg in dem Südstaat hätte Trump insgesamt verloren. “Alles, was ich tun möchte, ist Folgendes: Ich möchte nur 11.780 Stimmen finden”, sagt Trump dem Telefonmitschnitt zufolge zu Raffensperger.
- What Trump said to Georgia election officials in phone call
“You know, I mean, I’m notifying you that you’re letting it happen. 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.”
- Georgia officials fact-check an infamous Trump phone call in real time : NPR
Trump asked Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won this state."
- Trump asked Georgia secretary of state to ‘find’ 11.7k ballots, recalculate election result
During the conversation, the president repeatedly asked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) to “find” more than 11,000 ballots needed to overcome the gap between Trump and Biden in the state, thereby flipping the state in his favor.
- Transcript and audio: Trump call with Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger - The Washington Post
About 3 p.m. Saturday, President Trump held an hour-long call with Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, in which he repeatedly urged him to alter the outcome of the presidential vote in the state.
- Full transcript: Trump’s audio call with Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger | CNN Politics
You know, I mean, I’m notifying you that you’re letting it happen. 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.
- 'I just want 11,780 votes': Trump pressed Georgia to overturn Biden victory | Donald Trump | The Guardian
On Twitter, Trump said Raffensperger “was unwilling, or unable, to answer questions such as the ‘ballots under table’ scam, ballot destruction, out of state ‘voters’, dead voters, and more. He has no clue!” · Twitter duly applied a disclaimer: “This claim about election fraud is disputed.”
- Trump demands Georgia secretary of state 'find' enough votes to hand him win - ABC News
Raffensperger, a Republican who ... rebuffed the president's allegations, saying the data the president is citing to claim tens of thousands of illegal votes, "is wrong."...
- US election: Trump tells Georgia election official to 'find' votes to overturn Biden win
He then called for the extra 11,780 votes - which would have given him a total of 2,473,634 votes in the state, one more than Mr Biden, who received 2,473,633 votes. He told Mr Raffensperger he should re-examine the result in the state.
- Brad Raffensperger: "Ich sagte: 'No, Mr. President!'" | DIE ZEIT
Brad Raffensperger, der republikanische Innenminister von Georgia, wurde nach einem Telefonat mit Donald Trump berühmt, in dem der Präsident ihn aufforderte, "11.780 Stimmen zu finden".
- US-Wahl in Georgia: Tonbandaufnahme belegt Anruf von Trump - Politik - SZ.de
Sie belegt, wie Trump den Innenminister ... das längst beglaubigte Wahlergebnis noch zu drehen. "Ich will 11 780 Stimmen finden", sagte Trump zu Brad Raffensperger, ein Republikaner, der in seiner Funktion auch oberster Wahlaufseher ...
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