Trump personally pressured Wayne County board of Canvassers to not certify 2020 election.
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Trump personally pressured Wayne County board of Canvassers to not certify 2020 election.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/21/donald-trump-recorded-pressuring-wayne-canvassers-not-to-certify-2020-vote-michigan/72004514007/
On a Nov. 17, 2020, phone call, which also involved Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Trump told Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the two GOP Wayne County canvassers, they'd look "terrible" if they signed the documents after they first voted in opposition and then later in the same meeting voted to approve certification of the county’s election results, according to the recordings.
"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."
Chris Thomas, a lawyer who served as Michigan's elections director for more than three decades, said the Republican canvassers in Wayne County had no legal reason to block certification of the election.
It's pretty unfortunate, Thomas said, that Republican leaders offered to give them something, legal protection, for not doing their jobs.
"Offering something of value to a public official to not perform a required duty may raise legal issues for a person doing so," Thomas said.
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Re: Trump personally pressured Wayne County board of Canvassers to not certify 2020 election.
I’m not a lawyer but that doesn’t sound like the perfect phone call.
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Re: Trump personally pressured Wayne County board of Canvassers to not certify 2020 election.
"It's not illegal to make a phone call"
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Re: Trump personally pressured Wayne County board of Canvassers to not certify 2020 election.
If it had gone to court Trump would have lost, again.
Re: Trump personally pressured Wayne County board of Canvassers to not certify 2020 election.
Why isn't Dana bring charges?
I suppose if this is new... would it have to start in the Detroit prosecutor's office?
I suppose if this is new... would it have to start in the Detroit prosecutor's office?
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Re: Trump personally pressured Wayne County board of Canvassers to not certify 2020 election.
AvgMSUJoe wrote:Why isn't Dana bring charges?
I suppose if this is new... would it have to start in the Detroit prosecutor's office?
Kim Worthy? She hasn't been shy about bringing other cases to trial.
I think some of the events in Michigan are being used as evidence in the Georgia trial.
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