
Opinion: Trump's major problem in Georgia election probe
CNN
Donald Trump's own words in recorded phone calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Frances Watson, the chief investigator for the Georgia Secretary of State, convey his underlying intent to try to convince those officials to throw votes that he did not actually receive, and the election itself, in his favor, writes Elie Honig.
Yet it seems the most powerful evidence is already in the public record: multiple recordings of Trump, in his own words, trying desperately to convince Georgia officials to throw the election in his favor.
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