Another “perfect” call I presume...
Forbes
Former President Donald Trump pushed two Republican members of Michigan’s Wayne County Board of Canvassers to not certify the 2020 presidential election, according to audio recordings reviewed by the Detroit News, which comes as Trump faces two election interference cases and disqualification from Colorado’s 2024 ballot.
Trump told the canvassers, Monica Palmer and the late William Hartmann, that they’d look “terrible” for signing the election certification documents after they initially voted in opposition and later voted to approve the certification of Wayne County’s election results, the Detroit News reported, citing a November 2020 phone call that also involved Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
McDaniel reportedly told the canvassers to not sign the certification and that they would be provided with attorneys, backing comments by Trump, who said, “We can't let these people take our country away from us,” during the call.
Further documentation of the defendent’s modus operandi...
Detroit News
"We've got to fight for our country," said Trump on the recordings, made by a person who was present for the call with Palmer and Hartmann. "We can't let these people take our country away from us."
McDaniel, a Michigan native and the leader of the Republican Party nationally, said at another point in the call, "If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. ... We will get you attorneys."
To which Trump added: "We'll take care of that."
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The moves from Palmer, Hartmann and Trump, had they been successful, threatened to throw the statewide certification of Michigan's 2020 election into doubt.
Do you think she ever got that lawyer?
WILX
Palmer and Hartmann left the canvassers meeting without certifying Wayne County’s votes, the Detroit News reports.
Previously, Palmer and Hartmann had voted to not certify the results, but then said they would certify votes if an “audit” took place in certain counties.
According to the report, Trump falsely claimed that there were “more votes than people” in the recordings. The two canvassers left the Wayne County Board of Canvassers meeting on Nov. 17, 2020, without certifying votes for Wayne County.
Prepare yourself for some recycled bullshit...
Politico
The call occurred shortly after Wayne County Board of Canvassers meeting ending on Nov. 17, 2020, according to the report.
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“What I said publicly and repeatedly at the time, as referenced in my letter on Nov. 21, 2020, is that there was ample evidence that warranted an audit,” McDaniel, a resident of Wayne County, told the Detroit News in a statement. She did not dispute the facts of the call as outlined.
A spokesperson for the RNC declined to provide further comment.
“All of President Trump’s actions were taken in furtherance of his duty as President of the United States to faithfully take care of the laws and ensure election integrity, including investigating the rigged and stolen 2020 Presidential Election. President Trump and the American people have the Constitutional right to free and fair elections,” Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for the former president, said in a statement to POLITICO.
Pfft! Anyhoo...
NBC News
President Donald Trump's phone call Saturday urging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the state's election results might have violated federal and state election laws, but it would be difficult to prosecute, legal experts said Monday.
The potential violation of federal election law centers on a provision that says it is a crime for a person "who in any election for federal office knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a state of a fair and impartially conducted election process."
Trump's conversation with Raffensperger prompted a pair of House Democrats to send a letter Monday urging FBI Director Christopher Wray to open a criminal investigation, saying they "believe the president engaged in solicitation of, or conspiracy to commit, a number of election crimes."
Perhaps a grand jury in Michigan should look into this...