Trump’s threats not so veiled

The president warns Georgia's secretary of state of legal retaliation for not coming up with the 11,780 votes necessary to flip the vote in his favor.

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January 5, 2021 - 9:55 AM

Gabriel Sterling, a top election official in Georgia, delivered a scathing refutation on Monday of President Trump’s false claims of voter fraud. Photo by (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

An hour-long weekend phone call between President Donald Trump and Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, underscores how badly detached Trump is from the facts and how desperate he is to overturn a legitimate election that didn’t go his way. There’s a good possibility he broke the law by appearing to…

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