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STORY A BOMBSHELL AUDIO
RECORDING CAPTURING PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP URGING SECRETARY
OF STATE TO FIND VOTES IN THE
PRESIDENT'S FAVOR.
PRESIDENT'S FAVOR. THE ONE-HOUR LONG PHONE CALL
FIRST REPORTED BY THE
"WASHINGTON POST" AND LATER
OBTAINED BY 11ALIVE TOOK PLACE
ON SATURDAY.
ON SATURDAY. WE HAVE THE ENTIRE CALL POSTED
TO 11ALIVE.COM FOR YOU TO
LISTEN TO.
LISTEN TO. THE CALL FEATURES THE SECRETARY
OF STATE ASSURING THE PRESIDENT
THE VOTES WERE CORRECT.
TRUMP ALLEGEDLY DISMISSED THAT.
>> YOU SHOULD WANT TO HAVE AN
ACCURATE ELECTION AND YOU'RE A
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICAN. >> WE BELIEVE WE HAVE AN
ACCURATE ELECTION.
ACCURATE ELECTION. >> NO, NO, YOU DON'T.
NO, NO, YOU DON'T.
YOU DON'T HAVE, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
>> Reporter: DURING THE PHONE
CALL, TRUMP QUESTIONS THE
ELECTION IN GEORGIA SPOUTING
THE ALREADY DEBUNKED THEORIES.
IN ONE PORTION, TRUMP ASKS HIM
TO FIND VOTES THAT PUT HIM
ABOVE VIEDEN.
ABOVE VIEDEN. >> I JUST WANT TO FIND 11,780
VOTES WHICH IS ONE MORE THAN WE
HAVE BECAUSE WE WON THE STATE.
SO, TELL ME, BRAD, WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO IN.
>> ?
>> ?
>> ? >>
>> ? >> Reporter: THE CONTINUED TO
ASSURE TRUMP IT WAS ACCURATE.
>> THE DATA YOU HAVE IS WRONG.
>> Reporter: HE TALKED TO
RATTEENSBERGER SAYING HE WAS
UNABLE TO FIND VOTER FRAUD AND
SAID THE TRUTH WOULD COME OUT.
"THE WASHINGTON POST" FIRST
RELEASED AUDIO OF THE CALL.
TRUMP IN THE CALL ALSO SAYING
FAILURE TO ACT QUICKLY WOULD
JEOPARDIZE THE UPCOMING SENATE
RUNOFF.
RUNOFF.
RUNOFF. >> BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE
TO THE PRESIDENT, A LOT OF
PEOPLE AREN'T GOING OUT TO
VOTE.
VOTE.
VOTE. >>
VOTE. >> Reporter: HE IS STANDING BY
THE TRIPLE CHECK ELECTION
RESULTS IN GEORGIA.
>> WE HAVE TO STAND BY OUR
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. WE BELIEVE OUR NUMBERS ARE
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. >>
RIGHT. >> Reporter: LATER ENDING THE
CALL AFTER AN HOUR THANKING THE
PRESIDENT FOR HIS TIME.
>> SENATE CANDIDATES JON OSSOFF
AND RAPHAEL WARNOCK WERE ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH KAMALA
HARRIS.
HARRIS.
HARRIS. OSSOFF HAD THIS TO SAY.
>> THAT IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON
OUR DEMOCRACY.
OUR DEMOCRACY. IF DAVID PERDUE AND KELLY
LOEFFLER HAD ONE SHRED OF
INTEGRITY, THEY WOULD BE OUT
HERE DEFENDING GEORGIA VOTERS
FROM THAT KIND OF ASSAULT.
>> Reporter: WE HAVE REACHED
OUT TO BOTH SENATORS, KELLY
LOEFFLER AND DAVID PERDUE FOR
THEIR REACTION TO THE CALL.
SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK
FROM EITHER ONE.
>>> WE JUST GOT THIS REACTION
ON TWITTER INTEREST DAVID
SCHAEFER THE CHAIR OF THE
GEORGIA REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HE WRITES MIND-BOGGLING THAT
THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND HIS
LAWYERS WOULD SECRETLY RECORD
AND RELEASE A SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT.
I MADE OPEN REQUESTS TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE WHICH HAVE
NEVER BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED OR
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED. THIS IS LAWLESS.
>>> 11ALIVE BRENDEN KEITH JUST
FINISHED LISTENING TO THE FULL,
ONE-HOUR PHONE CALL.
I WANT TO SET THE STAGE FOR
PEOPLE WATCHING THIS.
THERE WERE NINE PEOPLE ON THE
CALL.
CALL.
CALL. THERE WAS TRUMP, HIS LAWYERS,
RATHENSBERGER AND HIS LAWYERS.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL?
>> THE PRESIDENT TALKS FOR MORE
THAN 13 MINUTES STRAIGHT
WITHOUT ANY INTERRUPTION.
MARK MEADOWS DIPS IN RIGHT AT
ABOUT THE 13-MINUTE MARK TO
THEN ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF
STATE OF GEORGIA TO RESPOND.
IT'S REALLY AN EXTRAORDINARY
CALL WHEN YOU LISTEN TO IT.
THE PRESIDENT REPEATEDLY
MENTIONS THE RECALCULATING AND
THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WOULDN'T BE ANY SHAME IF HE
CAME OUT AND ESSENTIALLY
ANNOUNCED THAT THE STATE HAD
GONE THE OTHER WAY.
THE PRESIDENT REPEATEDLY REFERS
TO WE JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE
THAN 11,000 VOTES.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
THERE IS A CLEAR INDICATION
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS ASKING
THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO FLIP
GEORGIA OR AT LEAST THAT MARGIN
OF VOTES SO THAT JOE BIDEN
WOULD NOT WIN AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP WOULD WIN THE STATE EVEN
THOUGH IT'S BEEN CERTIFIED,
EVEN THOUGH THE ELECTORS HAVE
CAST THEIR BALLOTS.
>> WE HEARD ON THAT CALL WHEN I
LISTENED TO IT FROM ONE OF THE
ATTORNEYS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
WE DID ASK FOR THAT.
THERE SEEMED TO BE A
DISAGREEMENT TO WHAT HE WAS
ASKING FOR AND WHAT THEY
ALREADY ASKED FOR.
WHAT DID WE GET FROM THE PHONE
CALL?
CALL?
CALL? IT
CALL? IT HAS BEEN RELEASED.
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES NOW
THAT IT IS OUT THERE OTHER THAN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AS WE SAW IN
HIS TWEET MISCHARACTERIZING THE
CONVERSATION?
CONVERSATION? >> WE DON'T KNOW WHO RECORDED
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. I
THIS. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE SOURCE WHO
GAVE IT TO US WITHIN THE
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU STATE OR
FEDERAL BECAUSE IT'S A
CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE.
CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE. DEPENDING ON WHO RECORDED IT
AND WHETHER THERE WAS
PERMISSION GIVEN, THIS WAS AN
INTERSTATE PHONE CALL SO
THERE'S A QUESTION OVER THE
LEGALITY OF THAT.
IF IT WAS RECORDED WITH
PERMISSION, THAT'S A DIFFERENT
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. THERE'S THAT SIDE OF IT WHICH
IS WHAT DAVID SCHAEFER IS
SAYING.
SAYING.
SAYING. OF COURSE, THERE'S WHAT THE
PRESIDENT DID.
PRESIDENT DID. THE PRESIDENT ESSENTIALLY IS
INTIMIDATING THE GEORGIA
SECRETARY OF STATE TO CHANGE
THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION
BASED ON INFORMATION THAT WE
HAVE DEBUNKED.
HAVE DEBUNKED. THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT'S ON
THE PHONE CALL IS INFORMATION
THAT WE HAVE LOOKED INTO.
THE PRESIDENT REPEATEDLY SAYS
THERE WAS A WATER LEAK AT STATE
FARM ARENA AND THAT'S WHAT
CAUSED THEM TO STOP COUNTING
AND THEN START COUNTING.
THOSE TWO THINGS HAPPENED 17
HOURS APART.
HOURS APART. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES DEPENDING ON ALL OF THIS
DOESN'T KNOW THAT AND IF HE
DOES, HE'S LYING.
IT'S JUST THAT CLEAR.
HE'S ASKING AGAIN AND AGAIN I
NEED THIS 11,000 PLUS VOTES TO
CLOSE THE MARGIN IN THE STATE.
ESSENTIALLY THE PRESIDENT,
WHETHER OR NOT, I'M NOT A
LAWYER.
LAWYER.
LAWYER. I
LAWYER. I CAN'T TELL YOU IF THERE'S A
CRIME HERE, BUT THE PRESIDENT
WHILE HE'S PRESIDENT CANNOT BE
CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
THE ONLY OPTION WOULD BE
IMPEACHMENT AND THAT IS
CERTAINLY OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE
WE ARE LOOKING AT WEEKS LEFT IN
THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE ADMINISTRATION. >> REAL QUICK.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.
THE ATTORNEY ALSO SAYS THEY
WANT MORE INFORMATION FROM THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.
DOES THE SECRETARY OF STATE
OFFICE HAVE TO PROVIDE ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELECTION
OR VOTERS TO THE PRESIDENT?
>> CERTAINLY THROUGH THE OPEN
RECORDS ACT IN GEORGIA.
YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO SUPPLY
THEIR RECORDS.
THEIR RECORDS. ANYTHING THAT THE PRESIDENT'S
OFFICE HAS REQUESTED CERTAINLY.
THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE
ANYMORE STANDING THAN ANY OTHER
CANDIDATE AND SO THE VENUE FOR
THIS IS THE COURTS.
IT'S BEEN THROUGH THE COURTS
AND TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGES
INCLUDING HERE IN GEORGIA HAVE
THROWN IT OUT OF FEDERAL COURT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MUCH MORE TO COME ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING IN.
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