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Local ‘Heroes' Rebuffed Trump, Then Faced Threats: Jan. 6 Panel
The House 1/6 committee heard chilling, tearful testimony Tuesday that Donald Trump’s relentless pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election provoked widespread threats to the “backbone of our democracy”— election workers and local officials who fended off the defeated president’s demands despite personal risks. The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol focused on Trump’s efforts to undo Joe...
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Georgia Official Describes Threats to Family After Rebuffing Trump
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Tuesday described the attacks on his family after he did not reverse the election results in Georgia at the request of former President Donald Trump.
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Georgia's Raffensperger Among Witnesses for Tuesday's Jan. 6 Hearing
The House Jan. 6 committee is set to hear from local officials who fended off Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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Judge Won't Block Parts of Georgia Election Law for Now
A federal judge declined to block some challenged sections of Georgia’s new election law ahead of two runoff elections next week.
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Georgia Prosecutors Open Criminal Probe of Trump's Call Urging Secretary of State to ‘Find' Votes
The probe, first reported by The New York Times, comes two days after Raffensperger’s office confirmed it had opened its own investigation into a phone call between Trump and the state’s top elections official in which the then-president said he wanted to “find” enough votes to overturn his loss in the state.
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GA Election Official: Trump's Election Fraud Claims Are ‘Easily, Provably False'
Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling on Monday ran down a list of election fraud myths and debunked them. “This is all easily, provably false, yet the president persists,” Sterling said. “And by doing so, [he] undermines Georgians’ faith in the election system, especially Republican Georgians in this case, which is important because we have a big election coming up tomorrow...
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Georgia Election Officials Reject Trump Call to ‘Find' More Votes
President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of a “criminal offense” if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation. The phone call with Secretary of State Brad...
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Trump Caught on Tape Begging Georgia Official to Overturn Election Results
Audio of a call between President Donald Trump, members of his staff and Georgia state officials obtained by NBC News confirms the president begged, bullied and threatened Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in an effort to overturn the state’s election results. NBC’s Tracie Potts reports.
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Trump, in Recorded Call, Pressures Georgia Sec. of State to ‘Find' Him Votes
President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of “criminal offense” if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation.
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Trump Challenges Vote Results While Urging Turnout in Ga.
President Donald Trump has pressed his grievances over losing the presidential election, using a rally in Valdosta, Georgia, to spread baseless allegations of misconduct in last month’s voting in Georgia and beyond
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Georgia Secretary of State Issues Election Statement: ‘I Believe the Numbers Are Correct'
Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued a statement on Friday saying that he believed the numbers tabulated during the 2020 election in his state are correct.