In a dubious phone call, the outgoing US President Donald Trump is now fighting for his office with all means. He put immense pressure on Georgia’s election commissioner.
- The incumbent wants many recounts of the votes and several court cases later US President his electoral defeat still not believe.
- US media are now releasing phone tapes showing just how desperate Donald Trump is evident.
- Compared to the Secretary of State of Georgia he made a blatant claim.
Update from January 6, 12:30 a.m.: The Republican Brad RaffenspergerSecretary of State in Georgia and thus responsible for the elections in the state, remains on the results of the US presidential election in Georgia. The call to the President (see first report) made it clear to him that Donald Trump had “bad data” (German: bad or wrong data). “We obeyed the law,” Raffensperger told CNN. But he has already received death threats.
For Raffensperger, the next election is already underway in his state, which he has to monitor. The runoff for the state’s two Senate seats is underway. You can find all of the election results here.
Trump takes a lot of criticism for his call in Georgia – “new low”
Update from January 5, 12:00 p.m.: fierce Donald Trump is currently receiving criticism from his party colleagues. Although no one has gone so far as to speak of a criminal act on the part of the President, but that revealed Trump-Tape numerous Republicans can apparently not sit up.
The Senator Pennsylvania, Pat Toomeysaid Politico said it marks a “new low in this whole futile and sad episode.” Liz Cheneya leading Republican and representative of the US House of Representatives denoted that Trump-Telefonat as “deeply disturbing”.
One of the loudest Trump critics from his own ranks, Adam Kinzingerfor the state Illinois in the House of Representatives, also took position. He was directed against the planned by Republicans Coup in the US Congress. “To any member of Congress who is considering objecting to the election results, you cannot do so with a clear conscience in light of this incident.”
However, even the most loyal Trump support the Republican Party keep Trump’s phone call with Raffensperger for a mistake. senator Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee, who plans to take action against Biden’s congressional victory on Jan. 6, told the conservative television show Fox and Friends that it was “an unhelpful call.”
Trump phone call: Outgoing US President may have committed a criminal offense – revealed phone call
Update from January 5, 11 a.m.: A federal law could apparently become dangerous for Trump, among other things. That reports the Washington Post, which first released the tapes of the phone call. Because this federal law states that it is a crime to “knowingly and intentionally” deprive citizens of a fair election. The attempt is therefore already punishable. Another motivation for Donald Trump over a self-pardon to think?
So wrote the former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder on Twitter: “If you listen to the tape, think of this federal criminal law.” The central question, according to law professor Justin Levitt, is whether Trump actually believes that the 11,780 votes cast for him, but not counted became. Or whether he “knowingly and intentionally” Raffensperger has called for voter fraud even though he is aware of his defeat. A former Justice Department inspector general put it more bluntly: “His best defense would be insanity,” tweeted Michael Bromwich.
Explosive tape recording surfaced: Donald Trump wants to change the Georgia election retrospectively
Update from January 5, 10:45 am: There he was on Monday, the outgoing one US President, at the airfield in a small town in Georgia and gave it a fight. Thousands of fans cheer him on. Even more than two months after the US election 2020 Donald Trump seems convinced: He actually has against Joe Biden won. This is also shown by the revealed recording of his phone call with Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger. He calls for a subsequent change in the election result. Rather, he threatens his party colleague to turn the election in Georgia in his favor.
Many Democrats do not want to let that sit on them. But even leading Republicans are appalled. Has Donald Trump even guilty of a crime? This is now hotly debated. The Republican Gabriel Sterling, an employee of Raffensperger, commented on Donald Trump’s allegations of – unproven – election manipulation. In a half-hour video, Sterling neatly goes through Trump’s claims of election rigging. And refutes this point by point. “We have claim after claim after claim with no evidence,” said Gabriel Sterling. „Null.“
Trump tape surfaced: Donald Trump is pushing for election victory in Georgia – Democrats want investigations
Update from January 4th, 6:20 p.m.: After the urge Donald Trumps Democrats want a change in the election results in the state of Georgia FBI investigations against the outgoing US President. Trump’s call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger contained calls for violations of election laws, Congressmen Ted Lieu and Kathleen Rice argued in a letter to FBI Chief Christopher Wray on Monday.
A recording of the hour-long conversation was released on Sunday. Trump said, among other things, that he wanted 11,780 votes to be found for him so that the state would go to him. “It can’t be that I lost Georgia.” Democrats Lieu and Rice emphasized: “The evidence of electoral fraud by Trump has now come to light.” A Democrat from the Georgia election commission, David Worley, called for investigations Trump up.
“Only wants 11,780 votes”: Trump “like a mafia boss” – leaked recording of explosive phone call
Update from January 4, 2:30 p.m.: The future Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris became Donald during a campaign appearance in Georgia Trumps a phone call with Georgia Secretary of the Interior voiced. She accused the US President of “blatant and brazen abuse of power”. the end Trump speak “the voice of despair.” The Democrat said, Trump and his Republicans would have in that state so far six unsuccessful lawsuits against the election result submitted.
Also the prominent left-wing democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a stand. She said, Trumps action justify one impeachment proceedings. And even from their own ranks reaps Trump Criticism: There republican MP Adam Kinzinger named Trumps Behavior on Twitter “absolutely appalling”.
Neal Katyal, former assistant attorney general under Obama, told US news channel MSNBC to the leaked tape: “Donald Trump talks like a Mafia boss – but not a particularly smart mafia boss. He talks like Peoplerelated to organized crime.”
Trump under criticism: Explosive phone call – allegation of election manipulation
First report from January 4, 2020: Washington – Donald Trump has the US Presidential Election 2020 lost – the incumbent continues to refuse president the United States, however, to acknowledge his defeat. Its democratic Challenger Joe Biden and current “President-Elect” is due on January 20th to be sworn. Now Trump is apparently moving in – shortly before the senator runoff Georgia – all registers. As the Washington Post revealed he got into an unusual phone call at a later date the change from election result in this very state. It is nothing less than a call for election rigging by the outgoing US President from Georgia’s Secretary of the Interior Brad Raffensperger required.
Trump apparently spoke for about an hour Raffenspergerresponsible for conducting the election in Georgia has been responsible. Trump is said to have bluntly urged the Republican to “find” enough votes for him and “recalculate” the outcome of November’s election.
the Washington Post reported on Sunday about the conversation between Trump and Raffensperger, which is said to have taken place the day before. The US newspaper also published parts of a recordings of said phone call, after which Trump Raffensperger on Twitter referred to as “ignorant”. The newspaper later made the tape recording available in its entirety.
Donald Trump puts party colleagues under pressure: “It’s not fair to take away our victory”
As is the incumbent President Raffensperger even republican. threatened on the phone Trump However, his party colleague said he was taking a “great risk” and might be guilty of a crime if he didn’t break the law voter fraud proceed. admittedly Trump lost the election on 3. November 2020 im State of Georgia very tight, lay Biden but there with “only” around 12,000 votes in front. To be absolutely sure, the election results then counted twice – without that Trumps Claims confirmed and references to voter fraud were found.
His defeat in Georgia wants the incumbent US President apparently still do not believe, so he also in the phone call Raffensperger complained about the “wrong result” and claimed to have won the election. “I just want to find 11,780 votes… because we won the state,” explained Trump in the phone call. “We won the election and it’s not fair to take away the win like that,” he said Trump further. Therefore should Raffensperger
check the result again. “But check it out with people who want to find answers,” was the instruction of the soon-to-be-out-of-office US Presidents.
Video: CNN broadcasts recordings of the phone call between Trump and Raffensperger
Brad Raffensperger: “We have to stand by our numbers”
In the recording, the person responsible replied Secretary of State of Georgia to him: “We have to stand by our numbers. We believe our numbers are correct.” Raffensperger, the results were also permissible in front of the face. “The problem you have is that the data you have is wrong,” he said Interior Minister decided to Trump.
the Washington Post wrote further in her article about the “rambling and at times incoherent conversation” that the tape recording shows how “obsessed and desperate” the president given his electoral defeat.
Apparently goes Trump still assuming he can get the result in enough US states so change his favor to his second term to run for president. The published ones phone recordings are more than explosive, are in on Tuesday Georgia but the runoff elections for two Senate seats. The result of this election could be the majority of Republicans in the Chamber of Parliament in Washington tilt, they currently have 50 seats in the Senate and the Democrats 48. *Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.