2023-12-23 14:46:28
The recording of a telephone call made public Thursday by an American daily reveals that former President Donald Trump put pressure on Republican officials in Michigan to dissuade them from validating the results of the presidential election in that state.
According to the recording of a telephone call, made public by The Detroit News, Donald Trump put pressure, on November 17, 2020, on two Republican electoral agents from Michigan (northeast) who had just voted for the certification of the results of the presidential election in their county, where Democrat Joe Biden came in well ahead.
“We must fight for our country“, “we can’t let these people steal our country” he told two Wayne County Republicans, Monica Palmer and William Hartman, on that call.
“We’ll take care of it.”
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, from Michigan, also participated in the exchange, declaring for her part: “If you can, go home tonight, don’t sign the document […] We will find you lawyers“, referring to the official results of the vote in the county.
After acquiescing, Donald Trump added: “We will take care of it“.
The two officials then left the certification meeting without signing the document. The next day, they unsuccessfully tried to reverse their vote in favor of certification, claiming to have been pressured, reports The Detroit News.
Nearly 18% of Michigan’s population lives in Wayne County. “What I publicly said and repeated at the time […] is that there was ample evidence that justified an audit” Ronna McDaniel said in a statement.
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