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Nevilledog

(51,093 posts)
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 04:21 PM Feb 2021

Raffensperger, staff feared wrongful prosecution under pressure from Trump to change election...



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In his Jan. call with SoS Raffensperger, Trump repeatedly threatened the SoS & others with criminal prosecution for not exposing supposed election fraud. According to @MarkWinneWSB, Raffensperger & staff were so worried they hired personal attorneys. 1/4

Raffensperger, staff feared wrongful prosecution under pressure from Trump to change election...
Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Mark Winne spoke exclusively with Brad Raffensperger about what was going on behind the scenes as a nation watched -- a measure of the kid of pressure top Georgia...
wsbtv.com
1:13 PM · Feb 23, 2021


https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/raffensperger-staff-feared-wrongful-prosecution-trump-pressured-them-change-election-results/WCAWESB7TBC5XLY2VMD37GVRDA/


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Raffensperger, staff feared wrongful prosecution under pressure from Trump to change election... (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2021 OP
People forget that Trump talked a big game but never followed through. brooklynite Feb 2021 #1
Agreed. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #2
And yet he's joined forces with the state GOP to suppress ecstatic Feb 2021 #3

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
2. Agreed.
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 06:55 PM
Feb 2021

That's why I laugh every time someone absolutely *insists* that he's going to start a third party, just because he said so.

ecstatic

(32,701 posts)
3. And yet he's joined forces with the state GOP to suppress
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 07:09 PM
Feb 2021

votes in future elections. I hope he provides District Attorney Willis with everything she needs for her investigation, but I'm completely done with Brad. I'll be damned if I spend another moment thanking this guy for following the law.

If anything, we need to find out if officials in other states caved to tRump and Lindsey's illegal pressure to overturn the election.

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