Sends Georgia's Raffensperger a written demand to "start the process of decertifying" the 2020 elect

Ten months after the 2020 election, Trump sent a letter to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asserting that 43,000 DeKalb County absentee ballots had violated chain-of-custody rules and asking him to "start the process of decertifying the Election, or whatever the correct legal remedy is, and announce the true winner." The letter, shared publicly by Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington, called the Biden administration "illegitimate" and accused Raffensperger and Governor Brian Kemp of refusing to acknowledge what he termed "proven facts." The DeKalb ballot claim traced to a pro-Trump website and was not substantiated; Georgia had certified its 2020 results three times. The letter later became the basis for two charges in Trump's 2023 Georgia criminal indictment.

“I would respectfully request that your department check this and, if true, along with many other claims of voter fraud and voter irregularities, start the process of decertifying the Election, or whatever the correct legal remedy is, and announce the true winner.” Quote verified against source