Closer look: How Trump dominated phone call pressuring Georgia election officials
President Donald Trump pushed the Georgia secretary of state Saturday to “find” sufficient votes to reverse his Nov. 3 election loss in Georgia in an hour-long recorded phone call that brought about a political uproar after it was made public Sunday.
A transcript and audio recording of the call to Brad Raffensperger was released by The Washington Post two days earlier than two essential Georgia runoff elections that can resolve management of the U.S. Senate and three days earlier than Congress is scheduled to certify electoral outcomes.
Democrats within the House of Representatives mentioned Monday that they might draft a decision to censure Trump. It’s additionally doable Trump might face criminal charges for the call.
It isn’t recognized who recorded the dialog or launched it.
Certified Georgia election totals present President-elect Joe Biden received the state by 11,779 votes out of practically 5 million votes solid. Ballots had been counted 3 times, as soon as by hand.
A USA TODAY fact-checking overview of Trump’s claims discovered numerous falsehoods throughout the call, which was dominated by the president.
Who participated?
Eight individuals had been recognized as being on the call, however solely six spoke:
President Donald Trump
Mark Meadows, White House chief of employees
Cleta Mitchell, conservative legal professional and companion with Foley & Lardner in Washington, D.C.
Kurt Hilbert, Georgia legal professional; managing member of Hilbert Law in Roswell, Georgia
Alex (final identify unknown), a Trump legal professional talked about by Meadows at starting of the call; didn’t converse
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state
Ryan Germany, normal counsel for Georgia secretary of state
Jordan Fuchs, Georgia deputy secretary of state; didn’t converse
Who talked probably the most?
The phone call lasted 62 minutes and had a phrase rely of about 9,679, in keeping with a USA TODAY evaluation of a transcript offered by The Post. Of these phrases, 7,102 had been from Trump, who dominated the dialog with 73% of talking time. A take a look at who spoke and for the way lengthy.
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Trump, Meadows and Trump’s two attorneys spoke seven instances as a lot throughout the call as the 2 Georgia state officials.
The phone call got here 60 days after the election and 18 days earlier than Biden’s inauguration.
SOURCE USA TODAY Network reporting and analysis; transcript from The Washington Post
