He's trying to get GA officials to admit their numbers may be wrong

[intrepidity]

Or, to at least entertain the possibility so that there is justification to stall further.

GA seemed to hold strong on not playing that game.

[mucifer]

1. I'm thinking all this could help repubs GOTV in Georgia if they believe trump

is fighting for them

[NightWatcher]

2. No, he wants them to lie and say they "found" enough votes to bump trump over Biden.

He wants them to commit crimes so that he can win one state (when he needs many more).

[StarfishSaver]

9. But only enough votes for him to win by one vote

Otherwise, he's willing to let the rest of his supporters votes he claims were stolen to go uncounted.

[wishstar]

3. That's the only explanation that makes sense because there's no way they would "find' votes for him

but perhaps T. and his flunkies thought they could coerce Brad to make a statement about Georgia having unresolved irregularities that they were going to have to investigate. Then T. was hoping Repubs and Pence could use that to justify trying to hold up the Electoral College confirmation Jan 6. Undoubtedly he made phone calls to other Repub officials in other states too.

[intrepidity]

5. And here's the tell:

The strategy being: let Trump whine and obfuscate for an hour, leaving them exasperated and ready to do anything to end the call. Then slip in this innocent-looking request. Glad they (mostly) didn't take the bait.

Hilbert: Mr. President and Cleta, this is Kurt Hilbert, if I might interject for a moment. Um Ryan, I would like to suggest just four categories that have already been mentioned by the president that have actually hard numbers of 24.149 votes that were counted illegally. That in and of itself is sufficient to change the results or place the outcome in doubt. We would like to sit down with your office so we can do it through purposes of compromise and just like this phone call, just to deal with that limited category of votes. And if you are able to establish that our numbers are not accurate, then fine. However, we believe that they are accurate. We’ve had now three to four separate experts looking at these numbers.

[wishstar]

6. Yes that confirms the strategy- I hadn't heard about that part of the call

[Solly Mack]

4. Except he gave a precise number of votes (he needs). He wants them to lie for him

and claim they "recalculated" the numbers and found those votes.

And this after recounts have already taken place.

Trump was asking the SOS of Georgia to lie.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[keithbvadu2]

8. We (you) need to 'find # votes', not 'find the truth'.

We (you) need to 'find # votes', not 'find the truth'.

[StarfishSaver]

10. Interesting, isn't it

He couldn't care less about finding ALL of the votes he claims were stolen. Just the 12,000 he needs to get one more vote than Biden.

[BlueIdaho]

11. How many more times should Georgia recount their votes?

This is total bullshit. What should be investigated is the President pressuring an elected official to deliver election results he finds more acceptable.

Frankly this phone call is a confirmation of his previous antics leaning on the Ukrainian President for dirt on President Biden.