BREAKING: President Trump begged Georgia's secretary of state to overturn the election results in a remarkable, hourlong phone call obtained by @NBCNews on Sunday. on.msnbc.com/355iNlL
The phone call features the president, days before he is set to leave office, pleading with Raffensperger to alter the vote total, and launching into a barrage of discredited conspiracy theories about the election.
“The people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry,” Trump said. “And there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you’ve recalculated.”
"Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong," Raffensperger responded.
"Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong," Raffensperger responded.
BREAKING: In rare statement, former Speaker Paul Ryan says "Joe Biden’s victory is entirely legitimate," and "efforts to reject the votes of the Electoral College and sow doubt about Joe Biden’s victory strike at the foundation of our republic." 
Biden adviser Bob Bauer: "We now have irrefutable proof of a president pressuring and threatening an official of his own party to get him to rescind a state's lawful, certified vote count and fabricate another in its place."
Bob Bauer: "It captures the whole, disgraceful story about Donald Trump's assault on American democracy."
Call audio: Pres. Trump pressures Georgia secretary of State to overturn the 2020 election results. nbcnews.com/video/full-pho…
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