Pressures Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes"

In an hour-long phone call, Trump berated and pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the election result, demanding he "find 11,780 votes"—exactly one more than Biden's margin of victory. Trump cited debunked conspiracy theories, falsely claimed he had won Georgia by hundreds of thousands of votes, and suggested Raffensperger and his counsel faced criminal consequences if they failed to act. The recording, released publicly the next day, documented a direct attempt by the sitting president to coerce a state official into changing certified election outcomes.

"find 11,780 votes" — Audio recording/transcript of Trump–Raffensperger call (Jan. 2, 2021)