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According to the Post report, Trump told Republican Brad Raffensperger, "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.
That, Conway suggested, amounted to election tampering.
the relevant penalties for attempting or proposing fraud.
52 U.S.C § 20511(2)(B): "A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office- knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by- (A) the procurement or submission of voter registration applications that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held; or
(B) the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held,hall be fined in accordance with title 18 (which fines shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury, miscellaneous receipts (pursuant to section 3302 of title 31), notwithstanding any other law), or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."
Reacting to a Washington Post bombshell report that contained audio of Donald Trump begging and then demanding Georgia's secretary of state recalculate the presidential election vote totals in his state and find him close to 12,000 votes, attorney George Conway let the president know that he...
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And that boys and girls, is not a conspiracy theory. It is not TDS. It is not flaming or trolling. The phone call by Trump actually happened. He actually did ask the Georgia AG to act on his behalf. The federal code really does make it a crime. He really is the President, and was a candidate for reelection. This really is politics.
Which means this post by any measure belongs right here.
"A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office- knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process,
Because there is evidence right here on tape that Trump is tampering.
BUT There is no evidence of fraud or tampering in the Pres election and 59 state courts have said as much, and the Supreme court, and Barr, and all the Dept of Defense. And the Sec of State of Georgia and everybody with a brain...
How did his call "knowingly and willfully deprive(s), defraud(s), or attempt(s) to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process"?
The argument is that he was implying the Governor use his influence to commit illegal acts. Which, while we all know is true, cannot be proven in court with his words alone. I wouldn't think so, anyway.
"A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office- knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process,
Because there is evidence right here on tape that Trump is tampering.
BUT There is no evidence of fraud or tampering in the Pres election and 59 state courts have said as much, and the Supreme court, and Barr, and all the Dept of Defense. And the Sec of State of Georgia and everybody with a brain...
How did his call "knowingly and willfully deprive(s), defraud(s), or attempt(s) to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process"?
The argument is that he was implying the Governor use his influence to commit illegal acts. Which, while we all know is true, cannot be proven in court with his words alone. I wouldn't think so, anyway.
"A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office- knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process,
Because there is evidence right here on tape that Trump is tampering.
BUT There is no evidence of fraud or tampering in the Pres election and 59 state courts have said as much, and the Supreme court, and Barr, and all the Dept of Defense. And the Sec of State of Georgia and everybody with a brain...
How did his call "knowingly and willfully deprive(s), defraud(s), or attempt(s) to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process"?
The argument is that he was implying the Governor use his influence to commit illegal acts. Which, while we all know is true, cannot be proven in court with his words alone. I wouldn't think so, anyway.
"A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office- knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process,
Because there is evidence right here on tape that Trump is tampering.
BUT There is no evidence of fraud or tampering in the Pres election and 59 state courts have said as much, and the Supreme court, and Barr, and all the Dept of Defense. And the Sec of State of Georgia and everybody with a brain...
How did his call "knowingly and willfully deprive(s), defraud(s), or attempt(s) to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process"?
The argument is that he was implying the Governor use his influence to commit illegal acts. Which, while we all know is true, cannot be proven in court with his words alone. I wouldn't think so, anyway.
President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions.
The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims, at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking “a big risk.”
Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel rejected Trump’s assertions, explaining that the president is relying on debunked conspiracy theories and that President-elect Joe Biden’s 11,779-vote victory in Georgia was fair and accurate.
Probably so. Just the same, to not follow through with some type of punishment, only attracts more of it. We are creatures of habit. Especially bad habits.
Trump is going to be punished, don't worry. All his legal problems will be the living hell he so justly deserves and if it leads to prison.... that's a bonus.
Being labeled a loser, especially given his mental state, is an anguish he'll be wrestling with the rest of his life. He's in poor mental and physical health to begin with. If I had to make a prediction, after leaving office and a few months of bitching, people are going to ignore him and his health will rapidly deteriorate.
President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions.
The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims, at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking “a big risk.”
Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel rejected Trump’s assertions, explaining that the president is relying on debunked conspiracy theories and that President-elect Joe Biden’s 11,779-vote victory in Georgia was fair and accurate.
According to the Post report, Trump told Republican Brad Raffensperger, "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.
That, Conway suggested, amounted to election tampering.
the relevant penalties for attempting or proposing fraud.
52 U.S.C § 20511(2)(B): "A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office- knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by- (A) the procurement or submission of voter registration applications that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held; or
(B) the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held,hall be fined in accordance with title 18 (which fines shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury, miscellaneous receipts (pursuant to section 3302 of title 31), notwithstanding any other law), or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."
Reacting to a Washington Post bombshell report that contained audio of Donald Trump begging and then demanding Georgia's secretary of state recalculate the presidential election vote totals in his state and find him close to 12,000 votes, attorney George Conway let the president know that he...
www.rawstory.com
And that boys and girls, is not a conspiracy theory. It is not TDS. It is not flaming or trolling. The phone call by Trump actually happened. He actually did ask the Georgia AG to act on his behalf. The federal code really does make it a crime. He really is the President, and was a candidate for reelection. This really is politics.
Which means this post by any measure belongs right here.
The Washington Post on Sunday released audio of a Saturday phone call between President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which the two can be heard discussing election results.
www.newsmax.com
The Washington Post claimed that in his talk with Raffensperger Trump "repeatedly urged him to alter the outcome of the presidential vote in the state."
You know, I'd like to say that I was surprised by this phone call over the weekend, but sadly, I'm not. Just yet another example of Trump being Trump and trying to intimidate others into going his way. And, I also find it very interesting that there was a specific number of votes that Trump wanted GA to find. The number was 11,780, which is just one more vote than what he lost to Biden on. Sorry, but Trump can't accept his loss, and he's doing everything that he can to try to get people to steal the election for him.
Incidentally, GA has had 3 recounts since the election was held, and each and every time, the vote count said that Biden had won. And, if Trump is telling them to "find" more votes for him, that sounds very much like he's trying to steal the election and not Biden.
The more that Trump was able to get away with, it seems the harder he pushes to get away with even more. And, I had predicted a couple of years ago that if Trump wasn't kicked out by the Senate (even though he was impeached by the House), he would think that he was bulletproof and would push for even more and more crazy stuff. Sadly, that prediction came true, because there is no president in the history of this country who has done what Trump has done. If this had been a Democrat, Republicans would be screaming bloody murder and would be doing their best to remove him.
Do I want to see Trump impeached over this? Not really, because he only has 2 weeks left of his term, and will be outta there before charges could be brought against him, meaning that it would be a waste of taxpayer money and valuable legislation time.
And, as far as the conversation being "leaked", well, hate to tell you but most conversations between elected officials are part of the public record unless they contain classified information (which this phone call doesn't have any of). Trump should have realized when he took the job that he was going to be in the limelight, and also realized that every thing he said was going to be recorded and made available to the American people, but, sadly, he didn't.
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Trump confirmed in a tweet Sunday that he had spoken with Georgia's secretary of state, Republican Brad Raffensperger, a day earlier.
Audio snippets of the conversation were posted online by The Washington Post. A recording of the call was later obtained by The Associated Press from a person who was on the call.
The president, who has refused to accept his loss to the Democratic president-elect, is heard telling Raffensperger at one point: “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's certified election results show Biden won the state's Nov. 3 election by 11,779 votes.
I'm not surprised that you would post this sleazy piece of douchebaggery. Not once do you even get close to an honest presentation of the facts. Like all progs, outright lying is your favorite tactict. It's so much easier that trying to justify this swindle with facts.
To dimwit Trumpers I say, here we have Trump telling the Georgia Secretary of state to engage in fraud and overthrow the newly elected government. When will Trump be arrested?
SHowing your single digit IQ again. Where’s the threat? Asking for an actual audit of votes is not illegal. You lose again. Making you 0 for the last 4 years +. By the way dimwit, leaking that call is illegal.
Probably so. Just the same, to not follow through with some type of punishment, only attracts more of it. We are creatures of habit. Especially bad habits.
Trump is going to be punished, don't worry. All his legal problems will be the living hell he so justly deserves and if it leads to prison.... that's a bonus.
Being labeled a loser, especially given his mental state, is an anguish he'll be wrestling with the rest of his life. He's in poor mental and physical health to begin with. If I had to make a prediction, after leaving office and a few months of bitching, people are going to ignore him and his health will rapidly deteriorate.
President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions.
The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims, at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking “a big risk.”
Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel rejected Trump’s assertions, explaining that the president is relying on debunked conspiracy theories and that President-elect Joe Biden’s 11,779-vote victory in Georgia was fair and accurate.
