Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction
President Trump addressed the nation in a video posted to Twitter one day after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. (Donald Trump/Twitter/Reuters)
By
Amy Gardner
March 11, 2021 at 2:18 p.m. CST
Correction: Two months after publication of this story, the Georgia secretary of state released an audio recording of President Donald Trump’s December phone call with the state’s top elections investigator. The recording revealed that The Post misquoted Trump’s comments on the call, based on information provided by a source. Trump did not tell the investigator to “find the fraud” or say she would be “a national hero” if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find “dishonesty” there. He also told her that she had “the most important job in the country right now.” A story about the recording can be found here. The headline and text of this story have been corrected to remove quotes misattributed to Trump.
Trump doesn’t need anyone making excuses for him but damn he gets “misquoted” a lot by the same people.
President Trump addressed the nation in a video posted to Twitter one day after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. (Donald Trump/Twitter/Reuters)
By
Amy Gardner
March 11, 2021 at 2:18 p.m. CST
Correction: Two months after publication of this story, the Georgia secretary of state released an audio recording of President Donald Trump’s December phone call with the state’s top elections investigator. The recording revealed that The Post misquoted Trump’s comments on the call, based on information provided by a source. Trump did not tell the investigator to “find the fraud” or say she would be “a national hero” if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find “dishonesty” there. He also told her that she had “the most important job in the country right now.” A story about the recording can be found here. The headline and text of this story have been corrected to remove quotes misattributed to Trump.
Trump doesn’t need anyone making excuses for him but damn he gets “misquoted” a lot by the same people.
