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March 16, 2023

Georgia Grand Jury Hears Another Tape of Trump Trying to Overturn 2020 Election
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In Georgia, special grand jurors investigating interference in the 2020
election have heard audio of a phone call Trump placed to then-House
Speaker David Ralston in which the president asked the fellow Republican
to convene a special session of the Legislature to overturn Joe Biden's
Electoral College victory in Georgia. That's according to new details of
the grand jury's probe published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
which reports speaker Ralston responded to Trump, "I will do everything
in my power that I think is appropriate." Ralston did not call a special
session, and Biden's win in Georgia was ultimately certified, despite
Trump's efforts. In January of 2021, Trump was recorded asking Georgia's
Republican secretary of state to "find 11,780 votes" - enough to
overtake Joe Biden. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in
January a decision on whether to bring criminal charges against Trump
was "imminent."


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