Lindsey Graham accused of suggesting legal ballots be thrown out | First Thing

Republican senator asked Georgia's secretary of state about discounting legal ballots after Trump's narrow loss in the state. Plus, the president considered striking Iran

Good morning. Georgia's secretary of state has said that the Republican senator Lindsey Graham asked him if it was possible to throw out legal ballots, following Donald Trump's narrow defeat in the state.

In an explosive interview with the Washington Post, Brad Raffensperger said he was stunned" by the question, in which Graham appeared to suggest that he find a way to reject legally cast absentee ballots. It sure looked like he was wanting to go down that road," he said. Graham, who is chairman of the Senate judiciary committee, confirmed the conversation to reporters on Capitol Hill but said accusations he had pressured Raffensperger to throw out ballots was ridiculous".