Trump recorded pleading with election official to ‘find’ him votes

Trump recorded pleading with election official to ‘find’ him votes
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One (Patrick Semansky/AP)

US President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Mr Trump the victory.

The conversation Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost.

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