At about 1:00 in the afternoon of the 3rd, audio of President Trump’s January 2 phone call with Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, became public. This was the infamous call in which Trump pressured Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to flip the state from Biden to Trump. To his credit, Raffensperger calmly resisted every effort Trump made, explaining point by point why Trump was wrong—even when Trump suggested that Raffensperger and his counsel were risking criminal liability.
