{"id":10163,"date":"2021-01-19T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T10:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/19\/find-11780-votes-trump-pushes-georgia-to-overturn-election-in-move-to-disenfranchise-millions-2\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T10:02:01","slug":"find-11780-votes-trump-pushes-georgia-to-overturn-election-in-move-to-disenfranchise-millions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/19\/find-11780-votes-trump-pushes-georgia-to-overturn-election-in-move-to-disenfranchise-millions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFind 11,780 Votes\u201d: Trump Pushes Georgia to Overturn Election in Move to Disenfranchise Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"rTJlPxtZhjo\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>In an hour-long phone call, President Trump pressured Georgia\u2019s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to \u201cfind\u201d enough votes to overturn Joe Biden\u2019s victory in the state\u2019s 2020 election. He made the call nearly two weeks before he is due to leave office and just two days before the runoff elections in Georgia that will determine control of the Senate. The Washington Post obtained a recording of the phone call of Trump both berating and begging Raffensperger, and even threatening him with criminal charges if he refused to investigate false claims of voter fraud and change the certified election results. \u201cIt\u2019s astounding,\u201d says Ns\u00e9 Ufot, CEO of New Georgia Project and New Georgia Project Action Fund, organizations that played a key role in mobilizing voters for the 2020 election, and again for Tuesday\u2019s runoff elections. \u201cThis has to be criminal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. 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