Trump Lawyer Blasts Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger for 'Secretly' Taping Confidential Call
President Donald Trump's lawyer slammed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for allegedly making a "secret" recording of the "confidential call" regarding the election outcome.
A Sunday confidential call to Raffensperger caught Trump telling the Georgia official to "find" him over 11,000 votes that could overturn the Peach State's election results.
Trump insisted with Raffensperger and his general counsel Ryan Germany in the said confidential call that he won the state, so they have to "find" the votes he needed to win.
Talking to Fox News, lawyer Kurt Hilbert said: "We are disappointed that the secretary of state and his staff secretly recorded and released a confidential settlement discussion to settle the two pending lawsuits."
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He noted that even though the Georgia official thought that action was appropriate, the Trump team begs to differ. He said he wouldn't be commenting on settlement discussions.
Georgia already certified Trump's Democratic opponent Joe Biden as the winner of the state's November 3 election last month.
Trump Says Raffensperger 'Has No Clue'
The president confirmed Sunday morning that he did talk to the secretary of state on Saturday. He said they were discussing "voter fraud in Georgia" at the time of the call, reported Breitbart.
He also alleged that Raffensperger was "unwilling, or unable, to answer questions" about election fraud.
Trump identified "'ballots under table" scam, ballot destruction, out of state "voters," dead voters, and more as points of discussion. Exasperated, he also said Raffensperfer has no clue about any of the things he listed.
A source also told Fox that Trump tried to contact Raffensperger at least 18 times before the controversial phone call.
Amid the allegations, Raffensperger replied to Trump's tweet, saying that what was told by the president was "not true" and that "the truth will come out."
Georgia Republican Claims Call Recording Was Edited
Georgia Republican Party chair David Shafer said in a tweet that the president was bracing two lawsuits - federal and state - against Raffensperger, reported NBC affiliate 11 Alive.
Shafer said the phone call with the secretary of state was "secretly recorded" and was a "confidential settlement discussion' of that litigation, which is still pending."
He also claimed that the audio published by The Washington Post was heavily edited and "omits the stipulation that all discussions were for the purpose of settling litigation and confidential under federal and state law."
Raffensperger Claims White House Pushed Him to Take Call
So far, no agency has released where the recording came from or who was the first to release it. In a Reuters report, the Georgia top election official said the White House pushed him to take Trump's call.
He said he didn't find it appropriate to talk to Trump, "but he pushed out." He believes that Trump's staff was ordered to push him into having the conversation.
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Raffensperger also recalled that when they had the "secret conversation," Trump did most of the talking, and he and Germany mostly listened to what the president said.
He then added that Trump's data points on dead voters were "just plain wrong" because, as the president claimed hundreds, the state only found two.
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