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Recording Surfaces Of #FPOTUS Coercing Two Michigan Election Officials Not To Certify 2020 Election [1]
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Date: 2023-12-21
Forbes
McDaniel reportedly told the canvassers to not sign the certification and that they would be provided with attorneys, backing comments by Trump, who said, “We can't let these people take our country away from us,” during the call.
Trump told the canvassers, Monica Palmer and the late William Hartmann, that they’d look “terrible” for signing the election certification documents after they initially voted in opposition and later voted to approve the certification of Wayne County’s election results, the Detroit News reported, citing a November 2020 phone call that also involved Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
Former President Donald Trump pushed two Republican members of Michigan’s Wayne County Board of Canvassers to not certify the 2020 presidential election, according to audio recordings reviewed by the Detroit News , which comes as Trump faces two election interference cases and disqualification from Colorado’s 2024 ballot.
Detroit News
"We've got to fight for our country," said Trump on the recordings, made by a person who was present for the call with Palmer and Hartmann. "We can't let these people take our country away from us."
McDaniel, a Michigan native and the leader of the Republican Party nationally, said at another point in the call, "If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. ... We will get you attorneys."
To which Trump added: "We'll take care of that."
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The moves from Palmer, Hartmann and Trump, had they been successful, threatened to throw the statewide certification of Michigan's 2020 election into doubt.
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