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January 04, 2021The controversy arises in the United States over the pressure that President Donald Trump has exerted on the Republican Secretary of State of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, to "find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the presidential elections. The audio of the phone call, reported for the first time by the Washington Post, unleashed a storm on the tycoon on the eve of the Senate ballots in Georgia, which will decide which party, Democrat or Republican, will go to control the upper house.
Two Democratic deputies from the US House of Representatives, Ted Lieu of California and Kathleen Rice of New York, wrote a letter to the director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, requesting that an investigation be opened on the president's phone call. "Evidence of Mr. Trump's election fraud is now clear," the dems explained in the letter. Lieu and Rice, both former prosecutors, believe the tycoon "pledged to solicit or conspire to commit a series of electoral crimes."
Condemnation of Trump's behavior also came from Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. "It was a brazen, brash, brazen abuse of power by the president of the United States," the former California attorney said at an election event in Georgia. The registration is "indisputable proof" of the pressure and threats against an official of his own party to "cancel one legitimate and certified vote and create another in his place," urged President-elect Joe Biden's adviser. , Bob Bauer. The phone call, he added, "captures the whole unfortunate story of Trump's attack on American democracy."
During the phone call, Trump reiterated allegations of fraud that have been repeatedly denied by state and federal authorities, including former Attorney General William Barr, who cost his seat to deny. Georgia counted the ballots three times before certifying Biden's victory by a margin of 11,779 votes. But, even if the state had gone to the tycoon, its 16 electors would not have been enough to overturn the outcome of the elections. This result will have to be certified by Congress on January 6, and some Republicans have already made it known that they will ask for a commission of inquiry to verify the alleged fraud, which could postpone the go-ahead of the Chambers by at least 10 days.
Meanwhile, the two presidents, the outgoing and the elected, will hold two electoral rallies in Georgia in the evening, where the future of the Biden presidency is at stake. Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, outgoing senators, are challenged by Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock respectively. The victory of only one of the two seats up for grabs is enough for the Gop, while the Democrats would have to collect them both to get to the majority, also considering the vote of Vice President Kamala Harris. A Republican victory could reduce the room for maneuver for the future Biden administration.