The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has launched an investigation into Trump’s phone call with Brad Raffensperger. In the recorded phone call, Trump can be heard discussing the presidential election and his efforts to overturn the results. The investigation is likely to focus on a specific part of the phone call where Trump is heard pressing Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Georgia’s results.
The Hill reports:
“The Secretary of State’s office investigates complaints it receives. The investigations are fact-finding and administrative in nature,” Jones said. “Any further legal efforts will be left to the Attorney General.”
“The ballots are corrupt, and they’re brand new, and they don’t have seals, and there’s a whole thing with the ballots. But the ballots are corrupt. And you are going to find that they are — which is totally illegal — it is more illegal for you than it is for them because, you know, what they did and you’re not reporting it. That’s a criminal, that’s a criminal offense. And you can’t let that happen. That’s a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer,” Trump said during the hourlong phone call.
“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,” he continued.
Jason Miller, a former adviser to Trump defended the call and said that there was nothing “improper” about it.
“There was nothing improper or untoward about a scheduled call between President Trump, Secretary Raffensperger and lawyers on both sides,” Miller said. “If Mr. Raffensperger didn’t want to receive calls about the election, he shouldn’t have run for Secretary of State. And the only reason the call became public was because Mr. Raffensperger leaked it in an attempt to score political points.”
During Trump’s impeachment trial the Democrat impeachment managers are planning to use the call against Trump. However, his counsel argued in a pre-trial brief that the call was political speech and therefore protected by the First Amendment.
Follow us on Twitter by clicking HERE!
