Trump recorded pressuring Georgia official to 'find' votes | First Thing
In an extraordinary recording, Trump tells Georgia's secretary of state to find' enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's election victory. Plus, Fauci says there are no excuses' over US's slow vaccine distribution
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Donald Trump has been recorded pressing a senior official in Georgia to overturn Joe Biden's election victory in the state. In the recording, obtained by the Washington Post and released in full on Sunday, Trump tells Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, that I just want to find 11,780 votes", and that there's nothing wrong with saying ... that you've recalculated". Trump also tries to intimidate Raffensperger by suggesting he could face criminal charges. Helen Sullivan has six key takeaways from the astonishing recording.
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