Trump news - live: President reported to FBI for criminal probe into ‘unhinged’ Georgia call

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Donald Trump’s phone calls have gotten him into considerable trouble over the years. (AFP via Getty Images)
Donald Trump’s phone calls have gotten him into considerable trouble over the years. (AFP via Getty Images)

A leaked phone call between Donald Trump and Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger in which the US president appeals for the official to help overturn the state’s election result has triggered demands for a criminal investigation.

The call, which was first published by The Washington Post on Sunday, finds Mr Trump - who has doggedly refused to accept his defeat - attempting to pressure Mr Raffensperger into changing the state’s certified result, which saw Joe Biden claim a narrow victory on 3 November.

The contents of the call were branded potentially criminal by a number of lawyers and also sparked calls - including from Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - that he be impeached.

It later emerged two Democratic members of Congress, Reps Ted Lieu and Kathleen Rice, have asked FBI director Christopher Wray to open a criminal probe into Mr Trump over the issue.

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