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Today we made a criminal referral to the @FBI . (Original Post) babsbunny Jan 2021 OP
Outstanding! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #1
Excellent. dalton99a Jan 2021 #2
Raffensperger needs to make the complaint ScratchCat Jan 2021 #3
He said that due to conflict of interest (because he was on the call) he wouldn't. Malmsy Jan 2021 #34
That's another way Raffensberger is unusual for a Republican. soldierant Jan 2021 #39
Like Brian Kemp should have recused himself from overseeing the governor's race. (eom) Malmsy Jan 2021 #45
Yup. soldierant Jan 2021 #46
Hey now! soothsayer Jan 2021 #4
R&K MerryBlooms Jan 2021 #5
Kick Stuart G Jan 2021 #6
Clear cut and dry. ffr Jan 2021 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #38
KnR...nt N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2021 #8
K&R! gademocrat7 Jan 2021 #9
Thank you Ted Lieu and Kathleen Rice! nt iluvtennis Jan 2021 #10
Play it! Traildogbob Jan 2021 #11
Play the tape. Call the question. Vote. Done. lastlib Jan 2021 #35
Let's see some more with spine! triron Jan 2021 #12
Thank you! 2naSalit Jan 2021 #13
Poetic justice bluescribbler Jan 2021 #14
Everyone in the call from the trump side should be investigated Escurumbele Jan 2021 #15
Election data is a matter of public record questionseverything Jan 2021 #36
Great news! I hope it goes somewhere. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #16
Outstanding and long overdue! benfranklin1776 Jan 2021 #17
good point. Bondor Jan 2021 #26
Outstanding! This is what we should have done long ago. onecaliberal Jan 2021 #18
Ted Lieu and Kathleen Rice need their own super hero comic book. They are.... RussellCattle Jan 2021 #19
Good start blogslut Jan 2021 #20
Yay!!! I am doing a very happy dance!!! tazmaniac Jan 2021 #21
SPOILER progressoid Jan 2021 #22
Yes! n/t Paper Roses Jan 2021 #23
But he was "just kidding", "being sarcastic"...n/t Jetheels Jan 2021 #24
It was an hour-long standup routine he's been workshopping for months! coti Jan 2021 #30
Said the fat man who claimed he never joked. RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #41
Accountability? Bondor Jan 2021 #25
The mob bo$$ skin is oRange... Lock him up. Jan 2021 #32
Do you think they really care? badboy67 Jan 2021 #27
Yes tRump and his cult leaders need to be held accountable! burrowowl Jan 2021 #28
Thank you cp Jan 2021 #29
YES! Blue Owl Jan 2021 #31
Would that be the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Fascist Bureau of Intimidation? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #33
Twitter reply : Rhiannon12866 Jan 2021 #37
....Nicely Done....... titanicdave Jan 2021 #40
I await the day whena handcuffed tRump is lead away for his crimes against humanity. 634-5789 Jan 2021 #42
Thank God. ecstatic Jan 2021 #43
⭐️⭐️⭐️K&R ⭐️⭐️⭐️ spanone Jan 2021 #44
YESSSSSS!!!!!! Maru Kitteh Jan 2021 #47

Malmsy

(302 posts)
34. He said that due to conflict of interest (because he was on the call) he wouldn't.
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 05:29 PM
Jan 2021

In response to the phone call, whose audio surfaced Sunday, David Worley, a Democratic member of Georgia’s state election board, which Raffensperger chairs, asked him to open an investigation.

Asked if he would do so, Raffenperger said: “I believe that because I had a conversation with the president, also he had a conversation with our chief investigator after we did the signature match audit of Cobb County last week, there may be a conflict of interest, I understand, that the Fulton County district attorney wants to look at. Maybe that’s the appropriate venue for it to go,” Raffensperger said.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/georgia-s-raffensperger-says-he-never-believed-it-appropriate-speak-n1252724

soldierant

(7,095 posts)
39. That's another way Raffensberger is unusual for a Republican.
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 08:37 PM
Jan 2021

He knows a potential conflict of interest when he sees one.

ffr

(22,698 posts)
7. Clear cut and dry.
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 12:27 PM
Jan 2021

Nancy,

Play the tape in full. Impeach by up or down vote. There is no other angle to this story.

Let Mitch and his Moscow enablers support T---- on this, AGAIN! Make in congressional record.

Response to ffr (Reply #7)

Traildogbob

(8,995 posts)
11. Play it!
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 12:36 PM
Jan 2021

Pelosi needs to use the hours of debate after the Jan 6 charade to play the tape entirely to the 126 treasonous ass holes in congress before a vote. Put it on record, they knew what they were doing to destroy democracy. And still voted to do so.

bluescribbler

(2,144 posts)
14. Poetic justice
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 12:54 PM
Jan 2021

If, after threatening the Georgia SOS with criminal charges, he finds himself having to face criminal charges. In addition, I would be surprised if he had not violated some GA statutes.

Escurumbele

(3,437 posts)
15. Everyone in the call from the trump side should be investigated
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 01:15 PM
Jan 2021

Meadows tried to put one over Raffensperger and his lawyer by saying "we have agreed that we are going to meet in the next 24 hours to look at your data", to which Ryan said "that is not what I said or agreed to, what we will do is explain to you why your data is wrong." Not verbatim, but close enough...

The lawyers should be disbarred, they should know that Raffensperger cannot hand them the data they are requesting, it is against the law.

questionseverything

(9,684 posts)
36. Election data is a matter of public record
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 06:03 PM
Jan 2021

The earliest being unofficial and becoming official after certification

Trump’s team just makes up data and tosses it around

benfranklin1776

(6,470 posts)
17. Outstanding and long overdue!
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 01:23 PM
Jan 2021

Now a parallel referral needs made to the Fulton County District Attorney and the Georgia Attorney General for prosecution under the Georgia Crimea Code. Good to pursue the parallel criminal track as there’s a good chance Agent Orange resigns on January 20 so Pence can pardon him as that principleless weasel has shown he’ll do whatever the crime Don wants him to.

tazmaniac

(114 posts)
21. Yay!!! I am doing a very happy dance!!!
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:10 PM
Jan 2021

And it would be awesome to have this call played into the record after the GOP idiots make bigger fools of themselves by supporting the orange devil again and challenge the election results that didn't support "it".

RVN VET71

(2,708 posts)
41. Said the fat man who claimed he never joked.
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 10:22 PM
Jan 2021

The FBI may investigate but it is the state of Georgia that has the clearest path to indict and arrest Trump because Trump violated specific Georgia law and committed a felony doing so.

After bad southing Kemp and, now, the SOS, I think Trump has no reason to expect Georgia to look the other way from his crimes. Maybe they’ll have to wait until January 21st to actually levy charges against then ex-president Trump. We’ll see.

(And when Georgia’s done with him, they can let New York have him.)

Bondor

(64 posts)
25. Accountability?
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:35 PM
Jan 2021

A law unenforced is not really a law. Is this the kind of government we shall have? How can we make sure this kind of thing NEVER happens again? I fear the next Republican president will be permanent.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,873 posts)
33. Would that be the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Fascist Bureau of Intimidation?
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 05:03 PM
Jan 2021

I'm not sure there is a DoJ any more.

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