From Le Figaro with AFP
Published 36 minutes ago, updated 14 minutes ago
Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Waterloo, Iowa, USA, on December 19, 2023. SCOTT MORGAN/Portal
During that exchange, reported by The Detroit News, Donald Trump pressured Republican officials in Michigan not to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.
A recording of a telephone conversation published by an American newspaper on Thursday, December 21, shows that former President Donald Trump put pressure on Republican officials in Michigan to dissuade them from certifying the results of the presidential election in that state confirm.
According to a recording of a telephone conversation published by The Detroit News, on November 17, 2020, Donald Trump put pressure on two Republican election workers from Michigan (Northeast) who had just voted to certify the results of the presidential election in their county, in which the Democrat Joe Biden was clearly ahead.
“We have to fight for our country,” “we can’t let these people steal our country,” he said on that call to two Wayne County Republicans, Monica Palmer and William Hartman. The chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, originally from Michigan, also took part in the exchange and declared for her part: “If you can, go home tonight, do not sign the document (…) We will find it. “You lawyers,” referring to the county’s official voting results.
“Respect for the laws”
After agreeing, Donald Trump added: “We'll take care of it.” The two officials then left the certification meeting without signing the document. The next day, they unsuccessfully tried to reverse their vote in favor of certification, saying they were pressured, The Detroit News reports. Nearly 18% of Michigan's population lives in Wayne County. “What I said and repeated publicly at the time … was that there was ample evidence that warranted consideration,” Ronna McDaniel said in a statement.
For his part, Donald Trump's campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told the newspaper that the former president intends to “carefully ensure compliance with the law and ensure the integrity of the election, including by investigating the rigged and stolen 2020 presidential election.” The 77-year-old former president will also go on trial in Washington in March on charges of unlawful attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Donald Trump is also accused of electoral pressure in the state of Georgia (southeast), where, according to a recording of a telephone conversation, he asked Brad Raffensperger, a senior official in that state, to “find” almost 12,000 ballots in his possession. Name to catch up with.
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