Trump seemed to threaten the Georgia officials with prosecution for not going along. “It is more illegal for you than it is for them because you know what they did and you’re not reporting it,” he said. “That’s a criminal—that’s a criminal offense. And you can’t let that happen. That’s a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer.” Then Trump laid out his demand. “All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state,” he said, by which he meant one more than he needed to change the outcome.
