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11 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
New: Records we obtained show an aide to then Chief of Staff Mark Meadows contacted Georgia’s Deputy Sec. of State Jordan Fuchs on Dec. 30 as the Trump White House was pressuring Georgia to illegally overturn the election result.
americanoversight.org/document/georg…
On Dec. 23, then-Pres. Trump called the chief investigator at the Georgia sec. of state's office & pressured the investigator to find “the right answer.” Weds., the @WSJ published the audio of this call—which Georgia also released to American Oversight.
wsj.com/articles/recor…
On Jan. 2, Trump called Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger and urged him to “find” the votes to change the outcome of the election in Georgia in his favor. President Joe Biden won the state in the November election.
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
The email references Mark Meadows’ visit to Georgia’s Cobb County in December. The @AJC previously reported on this visit. This new document shows the continued pressure by White House staff after Meadows’ meeting and before Trump’s call to Raffensperger.
ajc.com/politics/top-t…

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