By any measure, the F.B.I.’s search of an election center in Fulton County, Ga., last week was extraordinary. Agents seized truckloads of 2020 ballots, as President Trump harnessed the levers of government to not only buttress his false claims of widespread voter fraud, but also to try to build a criminal case against those he believes wronged him.
GeorgiaSecretary of StateBrad Raffensperger
2020 General Election Risk-Limiting Audit
In addition to the audits the state conducted three recounts. Finding no irregularities.
Donald called Brad Raffensperger Georgia's then Secretary of State and made the following false claims about the 2020 presidential election.
- “I think the number is close to 5,000 people. And they went to obituaries. They went to all sorts of methods to come up with an accurate number and a minimum is close to about 5,000 voters.”
- “But you also have a substantial numbers [sic] of people, thousands and thousands who went to the voting place on November 3, were told they couldn’t vote, were told they couldn’t vote because a ballot had been put on their name.”
Even for a president who has radically transformed the Justice Department and the F.B.I. by trampling over their political independence and using them as tools for personal retribution, Mr. Trump appears to be taking that kind of involvement to a new level. Rather than going to senior department or F.B.I. officials, Mr. Trump spoke directly to the frontline agents doing the granular work of a politically sensitive investigation in which he has a large personal stake.
Donald Trump is working to undermine Americans confidence in elections with the purpose of taking control of elections which come under the purview of the states. If he's able to gain control of elections he could change the out come of elections at all levels of government.
