Trump pressures Georgia SOS Raffensperger to find 11,780 votes

On January 2, 2021, President Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in an extraordinary attempt to pressure a state official into reversing the certified results of the 2020 presidential election. In the recorded call, Trump said: "I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have." Raffensperger refused, telling Trump Georgia had counted its votes three times. The Washington Post published audio of the call on January 3. Trump made numerous false fraud claims throughout the call; each was disputed by Raffensperger and his legal counsel. A Fulton County grand jury later indicted Trump and 18 co-defendants on RICO charges related to the effort to overturn the Georgia election.