mr. raffensperger. mr. sterling said the president's allegation of fraud had been thoroughly debunked and , i found it to be something that is not normal and nobody i know who would be president would do something like that to a secretary of state. the sharp rebuke offers the most vivid example of how mr. trump's assault on georgia voting roiled the state. [video clip] >> what we have seen also is a difference in the turnout models depending on congressional district and county in the state byfar in large part driven the continuing misinformation and disinformation concerning the value of people's vote in this state. the secretary wants to make clear that everybody's vote is going to count. everybody's vote did count. i want to make that abundantly clear. if you care about the values and directions of the nation you want to see, it is your obligation to turn out and vote tomorrow cannot be you democrat or republican. -- tomorrow, be you democrat or republican. statementsresident's , we are specifically aski

mr. raffensperger. let's just be clear. >> you know, again, i'm excited about bringing new grand ideas to grand-old party. i certainly want to talk about and fight for election integrity but i also want to talk about job opportunities and working to create an america that we can start small businesses, we can protect the constitution and we can also concentrate on school choice, helping kids be better educated. that's where my focus is right now and i'm looking for new ideas and accepting new ideas from folks from across the country. they can reach me at vernon

mr. raffensperger and what is your take on what just took place in georgia, 70% of trump voters feel unsatisfied. they never got the investigation they wanted. they still believe the election was stolen. let's just be clear. >> you know, again, maria, i am excited about bringing brand-new ideas to the grand old party. certainly want to talk about and fight for election integrity. but we also want to talk about job opportunities and working to create an america that we all could start out small businesses, we can protect the constitution, we can also concentrate on school of choiceo helping kids be better educated. that's where my focus is right now. i'm looking for new ideas and i'm accepting new ideas from

well there are at least 2. 1 his threat to criminally prosecute mr raffensperger if he did not hold true to the vote that is exercise his official powers in particular way is extraordinary and under federal law the crime of extortion also his incitement to mr raffensperger to find 100000 votes or 10000 are many to shift the outcome because he was a good republican is the crime of incitement he's encouraging someone else to commit a crime namely to falsify the results of an election so their crew criminal violations that i believe are flagrant open dettori is an undisputable in that conversation i also believe that these these efforts here are exactly what alexander hamilton described as impeachable offenses in federalist 65 an abuse of the public trust and here we have a president saying his own character's ation he's relying upon rumors rumors that things are happening not he that he doesn't come forth with a single fact he doesn't come forth with anything that any court would be admitted as evidence and based on rumors he wants the secretary of state to alter the outcome of the electio

mr. raffensperger: mr.sident, you have people that submit information, and we have our people that submit information, and then it comes before the court and the court then has to make a determination. we have to stand by our numbers. we believe our numbers are right. yamiche: before the twmen spoke saturday, the white house had called the secretary of state's office 18 times trying to connect them. this afternoon in georgia, gabriel sterling, a top state elections official, refuted the president's allegations of fraud. >> this is all easily, provably false. yet t president persists. and by doing so, underminesit georgians in the election system. yamiche: on twitter today, president trump again reject the election results without evidence. he wrote, "how can you certify an election when the numbers being certified are verifiably wrong?" the call sparked a new storm of outrage. biden campaign lawyer bob bauer said the call "captures theol wh disgraceful story about donald trump's assault on american democrac

raffensperger. the president urged him to change georgia's election results. mr. trump claimed the secretary had committed a criminal offense. counting votes accurately seems unlikely to send someone to prison. but what about a president asking someone to fudge the results of an election? what does the law say about that? joining us now is our friend, neal katyal, former u.s. acting solicitor general and a msnbc senior legal analyst. good evening. >> good evening. >> let me get to another clip from that call with one passage in particular that i'd like you to wordsmith for us. listen. >> we won the election, and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. and it's going to be very costly in many ways, and i think you have to say that you're going to re-examine it and you can re-examine it but re-examine it with people that want to find answers. not people that don't want to find answers. >> it's going to be very costly and i think you have to say that you're going to re-examine it. what do you make of that passage, in particular, especially kind of the "if th

mr. raffensperger said the vote totals are accurate. as if georgia was not under enough of a spotlight with the senate runoff election on tuesday, one candidate, the reverend raphael warnock, has been the target of many attack ads. reverend warnock is the pastor of ebenezer baptist church in atlanta, the same church once led by dr. martin luther king jr. and senior. many of the attacks around reverend warnock center around his past sermons. a piece in "the washington post" say the posts reflect an ignorance. jonathan walton joins us now. >> thank you so much for having me. >> clarify what you mean by that progressive tradition. i think it might depend on what angle you look at the church from. if we're talking about social justice, voting rights, you know, police brutality, labor rights, it might seem very progressive. if we're talking about things like lgbtq rights, maybe less so or at least slower to be so. what exactly do you mean? >> well, by this -- and i really appreciate you having me tonight -- i'm talking about what i and what

mr. trump wrote that he spoke yesterday with georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger. the secretary was, according to the president, unable or unwilling to answer questions about numerous conspiracy theories. an hour and a half later, mr. raffensperger tweeted that the president's account was false and, quote, the truth will come out. hours later, the truth did. "the washington post" broke the story of this phone call, a 4 1/2-minute excerpt of this phone call. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. so, tell me, brad, what are we going to do? we won the election. and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. and it's going to be very costly in many ways. and i think you have to say that you're going to re-examine it. you can re-examine it, but re-examine it with people who want to find answers, not people who don't want to find answers. >> that's just one excerpt of the call. we'll be playing more excerpts of the call, including longer excerpts at the top of the next hour. if you've been discussing this wit

according to the newspaper mr trump alternately flattered, berated and threatened brad raffensperger recalculate the vote in his favour. 0ur reporter paul hawkins has the details. impeachment, the russia scandal and catching covid in the middle of a pandemic. the trump presidency has been a rollercoaster ride, so on one level, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. after all, donald trump himself said... losing is never easy. not for me, it's not. but on another level, no—one could have foreseen that the president of the united states would ask georgia's top election official to find enough votes to overturn november's results. the call lasted an hour. a lawyer for the state refuting the president's unsubstantiated claim that ballots had been shredded and voting machinery had been removed. the secretary of state added... mr raffensperger tweeted back: condemnation of the call has been swift with the former republican leader of the house of representatives saying it was difficult to conceive of a more anti—democratic and anti—conservative act. it was a bald—faced bold abuse of power. it h

mr raffensperger tweeted back: condemnation of the call has been swift.certainly the voice of desperation. and it was a bald—faced, bold abuse of power. the president's refusal to accept the result has split his own party, with the former republican leader of the house of representatives saying it was difficult to conceive of a more anti—democratic and anti—conservative act. well, it's tough to be shocked anymore by what the president does, but this was truly shocking. i wouldn't say he's committed a criminal offence, i think he's done what he's done for so long which is he's attempted to bully the secretary of state. but 11 republican senators, led by ted cruz, are still planning to challenge the election result when it's officially certified on wednesday. donald trump is holding an election rally on monday night in georgia where two republican—held senate seats are up for grabs in tuesday's election. polling suggests both races are tight, with the outcome deciding who controls the upper house of congress. but with donald trump questioning the voting pro

mr raffensperger tweeted back: condemnation of the call has been swift. yes, certainly the voice of desperation. and it was a bald—faced, bold abuse of power. the president's refusal to accept the result has split his own party, with the former republican leader of the house of representatives saying it was difficult to conceive of a more anti—democratic and anti—conservative act. well, it's tough to be shocked anymore by what the president does, but this was truly shocking. but 11 republican senators, led by ted cruz, are still planning to challenge the election result when it's officially certified on wednesday. we live in a world where tripoli really does not matter anymore evidently. at least here in the us, in american media, truth does not matter. it is all about propaganda from the liberal media. donald trump is holding an election rally on monday night in georgia where two republican—held senate seats are up for grabs in tuesday's election. polling suggests both races are tight, with the outcome deciding who controls the upper house of congress. b

raffensperger is a life-long republican, voted for mr. trump and contributed to his campaign. facing the presidents wrath he would not chose loyalty over duty. >> brad raffensperger: i believe i said, "well, mr. president, the challenge that you have is that you have bad data. our data shows that you did not win the race." because we have the facts, and the facts are on our side. >> pelley: brad raffensperger had declined to take the president's call. the trump campaign was suing georgia officials and raffensperger felt the call was inappropriate. but the white house kept insisting. >> mark meadows: okay, all right. so, mr. president, everybody is on the line. >> pelley: it was about 3:00 in the afternoon, saturday, january second, when white house chief of staff, mark meadows, started the conference call introducing mr. trump's lawyers, an attorney for the state of georgia, ryan germany, and secretary of state raffensperger. did you know that the call was being recorded? >> raffensperger: no. >> meadows: so, mr. president i'll turn it over to you. >> pelley: someone gave the r

at one stage mr raffensperger — who is a lifelong republican puts it plain and simple — he says "the tical reaction came swift — strong — and from all angles. there was this from republican congressman adam kinzinger he tweeted "this is absolutely appalling. and this from former republican senator and long time trump criticjeff flake — "after the past four years, 0n the democrat's side — their second most senior senator — minority whip dick durbin — tweeted — "this disgraceful effort and here's vice president—elect kamala harris speaking last night at a rally in georgia. it was certainly the voice of desperation, most certainly it was bold—faced abuse of power by the president of the united states. top republicans including senate majority leader mitch mconnell have remained quiet. but some of president trump's closest supporters have slammed the washington post for publishing what they believe is a heavily edited version of the call. the entire call lasted forjust over an hour — and after initially publishing a 4 minute clip, the washington post has now published the entire thing. se

mr. raffensperger.ust be clear. >> you know, again, i'm excited about bringing new grand ideas to grand-old party. i certainly want to talk about and fight for election integrity but i also want to talk about job opportunities and working to create an america that we can start small businesses, we can protect the constitution and we can also concentrate on school choice, helping kids be better educated. that's where my focus is right now and i'm looking for new ideas and accepting new ideas from folks from across the country. they can reach me at vernon jonesgop@gmail.com. let me know your thoughts and feelings, we need to heal the country and not divide the country. maria: that wasn't -- that wasn't a no about secretary of state, vernon, i will say that. jeff van drew, zero in on policy for us. what's the most important policy you are going to be looking to ensure that these are the right policies for the american people out of a new incoming biden administration? >> well, i tell you one thing that's i

and it is -- you know, it's heartening to hear on that tape raffensperger say, no, mr. facts here are wrong. but to hear them face that wrath from the president, i just have to ask you what kind of an -- how that changes things in terms of this all-important election, how that changes the dynamics in the state, and what you make of how they have, in effect, stood up to the president with what he's done since the election. >> well, i would cast it slightly differently. they aren't defending the right of voters. they're defending a system that they created. it was under brian kemp that the state authorized the single largest purchase of voting machines in georgia history, in fact, in american history. it was under brad raffensperger that so many of the changes were made in order to secure the elections. and now they've got to defend what they did. this has nothing to do with, you know, this newfound notion of voter access and the belief in voting rights. they are both two of the most egregious voter suppressors in the country. but they have to defend the system they creat

mr. raffensperger are most afraid of right now is president trump, with the way that he has come down on them with both feet, trying to get them to falsify election results. this tape over the weekend, essentially, directly raffensperger and his office to counterfeit the election results to declare that trump won, despite what the results were in georgia, and it is, you know, it's heartening to hear on that tape raffensperger say, no, mr. president, your facts here are wrong. but to hear them face that wrath from the president -- i just have to ask you, what kind of -- how that changes things in terms of this all-important election, how that changes the dynamics in the state, and what you make of how they have, in effect, stood up to the president with what he's done since the election? >> well, i would put it slightly differently. they are not defending the right of voters. they're defending a system they created. it was under brian kemp that the state authorized the single largest purchase of voting machines in georgia history, in fact, in american history. it was under brad raffensper

mr. raffensperger and what is your take on what just took place in georgia, 70% of trump voters feel unsatisfiedstigation they wanted. they still believe the election was stolen. let's just be clear. >> you know, again, maria, i am excited about bringing brand-new ideas to the grand old party. certainly want to talk about and fight for election integrity. but we also want to talk about job opportunities and working to create an america that we all could start out small businesses, we can protect the constitution, we can also concentrate on school of choiceo helping kids be better educated. that's where my focus is right now. i'm looking for new ideas and i'm accepting new ideas from folks from across the country. they can reach me at vernon jones gop@gmail.com. that's vernon jones gop@gmail.com. let me know your thoughts, what you're feeling. we need to heal this country, not divide this country. wi want to push forward those things that bring us together. maria: that wasn't a no about secretary of state, vernon, i'll say that. jeff van drew, zero in on policy for us. what's the most important p

mr. raffensperger to quote, unquote, find.ow some democrats want a criminal investigation into that call. georgia's secretary of state says that local prosecutors might want to look into what happened. we have got a lot of developments to get to this hour. of course, there are incredibly large implications for congress, for the republican party, for those runoffs tomorrow in georgia, for wednesday's certification of the results, for the incoming administration and, of course, for the very future of our democracy. our nbc news team is covering every angle on this story. kristin welker is outside the white house. garrett haake is on capitol hill. let me start with you, kristin. what do we know about the president's state of mind in the wake of the call being released? what are his advisors telling you about what this means? >> we know -- happy new year to you -- that president trump tried to call georgia's secretary of state 18 times before they connected in that phone call that has been made public. that gives you a sense of ex

mr. raffensperger. mr.terling said the president's allegation of fraud had been thoroughly debunked and , i found it to be something that is not normal and nobody i know who would be president would do something like that to a secretary of state. the sharp rebuke offers the most vivid example of how mr. trump's assault on georgia voting roiled the state. [video clip] >> what we have seen also is a difference in the turnout models depending on congressional district and county in the state byfar in large part driven the continuing misinformation and disinformation concerning the value of people's vote in this state. the secretary wants to make clear that everybody's vote is going to count. everybody's vote did count. i want to make that abundantly clear. if you care about the values and directions of the nation you want to see, it is your obligation to turn out and vote tomorrow cannot be you democrat or republican. -- tomorrow, be you democrat or republican. statementsresident's , we are specifically asking

mr. raffensperger if he failed to do so. in all of this, the article of impeachment continues, president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government. he threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a koord nat branch of government. he thereby betrayed his trust as president. where for president trump by such conduct has demonstrated he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the constitution if allowed to remain in office and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law, president trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the united states. that is the draft article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection that is circulating in the u.s. house right now. it reportedly has the support of most democrats in the house, and they are in the majority

here's what mr trump said to georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger... rump goes on to say: "so, look, all i want to do is this... you can't let it happen and you aren't letting it happen. i'm notifying you that you're letting it happen. so look, all i want to do is this, ijust happen. so look, all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one of more than we have. because we won the state. because we won the state. lebo diseko is in washington and told us more about the phone call. it is just extraordinary. i didn't think that i could have any more shock when it came to the outcome of what's happened since the election but this is really, ifound it very shocking indeed. donald trump, it's actually a cutdown of an hour—long conversation four and have minutes or so. you hear donald trump at some point bringing incredibly threatening kind of, implying that they might be criminal consequences. if he doesn't overturn the result of the elections. asking for one more vote thanjoe biden got in the state. and you well know, ben, that the re

mr. trump leaned on republican secretary of state brad raffensperger to announce a reversal of certified results from biden to trump. >> there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, that you've recalculated. >> reporter: raffensperger refused. >> mr. president, the challenge you have is the data you have is wrong. >> reporter: in another tense exchange the president pushed a conspiracy theory that a voting machine company tampered with ballots, even suggesting state officials hid illegal activity. >> now do you think it's possible that they shredded bull lots in fulton county because that's what the rumor is and also that doe min be ontook out the machines that dominion is really moving fast to get rid of their machinery. do you know anything about that? >> georgia lawyer ryan germany shot that down. >> no, dominion has not moved any machinery out of fulton county. >> no, but have they moved the inner parts of the machines and replaced them with other parts >> no. >> are you sure, ryan? >> i'm sure. >> the president threatened the georgia officials could face legal trouble themselve

mr. trump leaned on republican secretary of state brad raffensperger to announce a reversal of certified georgia results from biden to trump. >> and there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, uh, that you've recalculated. >> reporter: raffensperger refused. >> mr. president, the challenge that you have, the data that you have is wrong. >> reporter: in another tense exchange, the president pushed a conspiracy theory that a voting machine company tampered with ballots, even suggesting state officials hid illegal activity. >> now do you think it's possible that they, uh, shredded ballots in fulton county? because that's what the rumor is, and also that dominion took out machines. uh, dominion is really moving fast to get rid of their, uh, machinery. do you know anything about that? >> reporter: georgia lawyer ryan germany shot that down. >> no, dominion has not moved machinery out of fulton county. >> no, but have they moved the inner parts of the machines and replaced them with other parts? >> no. >> are you sure, ryan? >> i'm sure. >> reporter: the president threatened the georgia

at one point, it's either secretary of state brad ref raffensperger, or mr. germany who's also on the call says, no, there's two. >> that was brad raffensperger. >> we did investigations three times over. we found two people. sometimes people vote and then die, by the way. and that's what happens. but anyway, they have to clarify that for him. and then he has all of these conspiracy threads that he's spouting that he doesn't sound like he even understands about, well, did dominion come in and replace the inner workings of the machines? has anybody seen the inner machines working? do you have any thoughts or do your sources in georgia have any thoughts on his mental fitness? >> i mean, look. i don't think that -- i wasn't surprised by the substance of the call, because we've been -- all of us have been reporting for weeks about how much trump is ruminating and stewing and obsessing about the loss and unwilling to accept it and not really carrying out the regular duties of office. not talking about the pandemic. not talking a lot about the vaccine rollout, only

line is many, many times the 11,779 margin that they said we lost by >> reporter: raffensperger pushing back >> well, mr. president, the challenge you have is the data you have is wrong. >> reporter: today raffensperger said h did not feel the president pressured him but republican senator david perdue who's locked in a razor-tight race in tomorrow's runoff slamming raffenssperger >> i'm still shocked that a member of the republican party would tape a sitting president and leak that that's disgusting in my view. >> reporter: late today raffensperge insisting he did not release the audi in an interview with nbc's blayne alexander. >> i don't know how it got released but at the end of the day what he said was not factually correct. i want to make sur the people understand the facts. >> reporter: the president will campaign in georgia tonight as some of his allies tell nbc news they are worried that phone call could depress republican turnout and even harm america's democracy. lester >> all right kristen welker at the white house this evening, thanks. >>> tonight some house democrats are asking the fbi to

didn't the state went for biden and he raised other conspiracy theories all dismissed by brad raffensperger well mr president the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong donald trump refused to accept the 2020 presidential election congress meets on wednesday to confirm the result although a number of republican senators plan to object he summoned election officials from various states to the white house and field in almost every legal effort to contest results one longtime washington observer says even for donald trump this call is remarkable it's an outrage it's the president of the united states putting pressure on a public official to lie to cheat possibly to steal votes so that he can win the state of georgia vice president elect harris has been in georgia for an election rally ahead of tuesday's senate runoff but the president's call was there hanging over her comments was yes certainly the more i see desperation. now certainly than. and it was a are. all the abuse of power by the president and the united states. well alan fischer jones is there live from atlanta . another tape

rep>>ter: raffensperger responds -- >> well, mr. president, the challenge that you have is, the data that you have is wrong. >> reporter: the president at one point pressuring raf ro raffensperger to stick with his party. >> you should want to have an accurate election and you're a republican. >> we believe we do have an accurate election. >> reporter: he cites a debunked conspiracy theory that georgia election officials and a voting machine company tampered with ballots. >> they are shredding ballots, my opinion, based on what i have heard, and they are removing machinery and they are movingt as fast as they can. >> reporter: the sretary of state's general counsel flatly dismissing that. >> what we're saying is not at all what you're describing. >> reporter: still, president trump threatens the officials that they could face legal consequences. >> you know what they did and you're not reporting it. that's a criminal -- that's a drill offense. >> reporter: vice president-elect kamala harris in georgia condemning the president's call.

didn't the state went for biden and he raised other conspiracy theories all dismissed by brad raffensperger well mr president the challenge that you have is the data you have is why donald trump refused to accept the 2020 presidential election congress meets on wednesday to confirm the result although a number of republican senators plan to object he summoned election officials from various states to the white house and field in almost every legal effort to contest results one longtime washington observer says even for donald trump this call is remarkable it's an outrage it's the president of the united states putting pressure on a public official to lie to cheat possibly to steal votes so that he can win the state of georgia vice president elect harris has been in georgia for an election rally ahead of tuesday's senate runoff where the president's call was there hanging over her comments was yes certainly the worse the desperation most certainly than and it was a. bold face bold abuse of power by the president and the united states even if donald trump did manage to flip georgia it doesn't matter

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mr. trump is heard asking raffensperger to "find" enoug votes to overturn his november 3 defeat. >> the people of georgia are e gry, the people in untry are angry. and there's nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you've recalculated. >> well, mr. president, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong. >> hill: according to the secretaryf state's recount, president-elect j biden won georgia by 11,779 vot. >> i just want to find 11,780 voteswhh is one more than we have. because we won the state. >> hill: several times during e call, the president repeated the false claim that he won. as of late this afternoon, the white house and the trump campan d not commented on the call. raffensperger's office declined to coe mment. elease of the recording came as congress was in the midst of proceedings unlike any seen before-- and for the first time in history, on a sunday. >> the clerk will call the names of the next pair. >> mr. m >> hill: wearing masks and following covid-19 social distancing protocole president mike pence swore in newly elected and relected senators in pairs. >> the

tuesday, but it's very scary to people. >> so raffensperger's office recorded that call, a source says, advisers were told not to release the tape unless mr. trump attacked him or misrespected what happened. on sunday morning the president did that, prompting this response from raffensperger. "rmtfully, president trump, what you're saying is not true. the truth will come out." "the washington post" reported the call a few huours later. it is the latest attempt by the president to overturn the results that took place nine years ago and before georgia's pivot ol runoff election on tuesday. here's john harwood with more. >> with a little over two weeks left in donald trump's presidency the bomb shells keep dropping. sunday it was "the washington post" audiotape of a phone call in which president trump pressures the republican secretary of state of georgia to find extra votes to overturn joe biden's victory there. never mind the electoral college tally has been certified in all 50 states, never mind that joe biden does not need georgia's 16 electoral votes to win. he's got 306 which is well over the 270 you need. never mind there is no eviden

but raffensperger bluntly corrected him. >> but mr. president, the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong. >> reporter: trump tries to appeal to raffensperger as a fellow republican. >> you should want to have an accurate election and you're a republican. >> we believe that we do have an accurate election. >> no. no, you don't. no. no, you don't. >> reporter: he also appears to threaten the secretary of state with criminal prosecution. >> you know what they did and you're not reporting it. that's the thing. that's a criminal -- that's a criminal offense. and, you know, you can't let that happen. that's a big risk to you and to ryan, your lawyer, that's a big risk. >> reporter: to be clear, the secretary of state committed no crime. but tonight, there are questions about whether the president did, by pressuring a state election official to change election results. republican senator pat toomey called it, quote, a new low in this whole futile and sorry episode. and congresswoman liz cheney, one of the top republican leaders

didn't the state went for biden and he raised other conspiracy theories all dismissed by brad raffensperger well mr president the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong donald trump refused to accept the loss the 2020 presidential election congress meets on wednesday to confirm the result although a number of republican senators plan to object he summoned election officials from various states to the white house and field in almost every legal effort to contest results one longtime washington observer says even for donald trump this call is remarkable it's an outrage it's the president of the united states putting pressure on a public official to lie to cheat possibly to steal votes so that he can win the state of georgia vice president elect harris has been in georgia for an election rally ahead of tuesday's senate runoff but the president's call was there hanging over her comments was yes certainly the noise the desperation. most certainly then. and it was a. they polled the use of power by the president and the united states even if donald trump did manage to flip georgia it doesn

. >> raffensperger responds -- >> mr. president, the problem is that the challenge you have, the data you have is wrong. >> reporter: the president at one point pressuring him to stick with his party. >> you should want to have an accurate election. and you're a republican. >> we believe we do have an accurate election. >> no. no, you don't. >> reporter: mr. trump also cites a debunked conspiracy theory that georgia election officials and a company tampered with ballots. >> they are shredding ballots in my opinion, based on what i've heard, and removing machinery as fast as they can. >> reporter: the secretary of state's general counsel flatly dismissing that. >> what we're see something not at all what you're describing. >> reporter: the president pushing back when raffensperger suggests some of the information on social media cannot be trusted. >> the problem you have with >> no, this isn't social media this is trump media. >> reporter: still, president trump threatens the officials that they could face legal consequenc

didn't the state went for biden and he raised other conspiracy theories all dismissed by brad raffensperger well mr president the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong donald trump refused to accept the 2020 presidential election congress meets on wednesday to confirm the result although a number of republican senators plan to object he summoned election officials from various states to the white house and field in almost every legal effort to contest results one longtime washington observer says even for donald trump this call is remarkable it's an outrage is the person in the united states putting pressure on a public official to lie to cheat possibly to steal votes so that he can win the state of georgia vice president elect harris has been in georgia for an election rally ahead of tuesday's senate runoff where the president's call was there hanging over her comments was yes certainly the worse the desperation. most certainly than. and it was a. day old abuse of power by the president of the united states even if donald trump did manage to flip georgia it doesn't matter joe biden