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Seth Abrahamson breaks down all the laws Trump broke in phone call to Georgia SoS (Original Post) Generic Other Jan 2021 OP
Wow! Lots of details about lots of crimes. iemitsu Jan 2021 #1
Not just the smoking gun Generic Other Jan 2021 #2
I listened to the whole phone call. iemitsu Jan 2021 #3
Awfully Stupid of trump to Cha Jan 2021 #5
Trump is pretty stupid but he is used to getting iemitsu Jan 2021 #6
It won't work & that's Cha Jan 2021 #10
Better not work. iemitsu Jan 2021 #13
Imso glad Raffensberger leaked it. Who else could it have been? onetexan Jan 2021 #8
TY, GO KR! Cha Jan 2021 #4
Oh abrams breakdown is excellent!! onetexan Jan 2021 #7
Only more so! Cha Jan 2021 #11
That's exactly what Carl Bernstein said on CNN onetexan Jan 2021 #15
Hanging on tight out here on Cha Jan 2021 #18
Or as Dan Rather tweeted Generic Other Jan 2021 #12
LOL Dan Rather nails it so well. I almost spit out my mouthful of coffee onetexan Jan 2021 #16
Dan Rather is one of those rare voices Generic Other Jan 2021 #17
K&R smirkymonkey Jan 2021 #9
"it's going to be very costly" aka I will go to jail Botany Jan 2021 #14

Generic Other

(29,080 posts)
2. Not just the smoking gun
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 04:19 AM
Jan 2021

He melted into a puddle of molten metal.

Time to charge him with high crimes.

iemitsu

(3,891 posts)
3. I listened to the whole phone call.
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 04:24 AM
Jan 2021

It was torture but it was also engrossing. Trump sounded like a middle school bully and repeated his criminal plot at least five full times during the conversation.
Poor Brad. A phone call to remember.

Cha

(319,076 posts)
5. Awfully Stupid of trump to
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 04:31 AM
Jan 2021

think he could intimidate SOS Brad Raffensperger.

I know trump is known for being really stupid.. this is just his latest hoisting on his own petard.

iemitsu

(3,891 posts)
6. Trump is pretty stupid but he is used to getting
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 04:36 AM
Jan 2021

what he wants anyway.
We'll see if it works this time.

Cha

(319,076 posts)
10. It won't work & that's
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 05:01 AM
Jan 2021

his downfall..

Things change & the bigger they are the Harder they fall.

onetexan

(13,913 posts)
7. Oh abrams breakdown is excellent!!
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 04:40 AM
Jan 2021

As ive said nefore, this is as damning as the nixon tapes.

onetexan

(13,913 posts)
15. That's exactly what Carl Bernstein said on CNN
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 08:13 AM
Jan 2021
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/03/trump-georgia-votes-raffensperger-call-tapes-bernstein-sot-vpx.cnn

This is much much worse, and it's the ultimate smoking gun!
Hi Cha, we best hang on to our hats next few days, as this alternate reality will get more & more bizarre

Cha

(319,076 posts)
18. Hanging on tight out here on
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 04:31 PM
Jan 2021

the Island.. what a Shocker.. trump hoisting himself on his own Petard Again at the eleventh hour!

Generic Other

(29,080 posts)
12. Or as Dan Rather tweeted
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 05:35 AM
Jan 2021



The audio of Trump with the Georgia secretary of state. Wow. It’s like telling the Nixon tapes to “hold my beer.”

onetexan

(13,913 posts)
16. LOL Dan Rather nails it so well. I almost spit out my mouthful of coffee
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 08:24 AM
Jan 2021

and emailed it to my hubby for his laugh of the day. Thanks for the good laugh. At least we can bring some humor to this very dangerous situation we're facing as a nation collectively.

Generic Other

(29,080 posts)
17. Dan Rather is one of those rare voices
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 01:48 PM
Jan 2021

that always delivers a barb...that hits its target. I hang on his every tweet!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. K&R
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 05:01 AM
Jan 2021

Thank you, Seth!

Trump is such a disgusting thug and a bully. I can't believe the way he abuses and intimidates people, especially when all he is armed with are his absurd lies and bullshit he has pulled out of his fat, orange ass.

Botany

(77,324 posts)
14. "it's going to be very costly" aka I will go to jail
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 07:02 AM
Jan 2021

30/ Trump's confession on the #TrumpTapes: "Look, Brad, I have to find 12,000 votes."

FIND 12,000 VOTES

snip

33/ Trump warns Raffensperger that "it's going to be very costly" if he doesn't change the election results. He doesn't say what every aspect of the "cost" will be, and who will bear it, but he admonishes Raffensperger, "You *have* to say you're going to reexamine [the results]."

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