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#Georgia

4 incidents

Grade 4 of 5: Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Georgia Election Interference: Trump Demands Secretary of State 'Find' 11,780 Votes

Trump's January 2, 2021 phone call with Raffensperger was a direct attempt to pressure a state election official to falsify vote tallies. Trump made factually false claims about the election, threatened Raffensperger with unspecified legal 'risk,' and specifically demanded he 'find' a precise number of votes matching the margin Trump needed to win Georgia. Raffensperger refused. The conversation was recorded and published; Trump was later indicted for conspiracy and RICO violations in Georgia, but the case was dropped in November 2025 without trial.

Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power

Georgia Election Interference: Raffensperger Call, Pressure to Find 11,780 Votes

The January 2, 2021 call lasted approximately one hour. Trump told Raffensperger he had won Georgia by 'hundreds of thousands of votes,' cited debunked fraud claims involving suitcases of ballots, a water main break, and Dominion Voting Systems, and asked Raffensperger to recalculate — or simply declare — a Trump victory. Raffensperger told Trump his information was wrong. Trump's lawyers and chief of staff were also on the call. Raffensperger's attorney Ryan Germany debunked specific claims in real time during the call. The recorded call was the most explicit documented example of Trump personally pressuring a state election official to alter certified results. The Fulton County indictment in August 2023 charged Trump under Georgia's RICO statute; the case was dropped on November 26, 2025, without a trial or conviction of Trump.

Grade 4 of 5: Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Georgia Call: Trump Pressured Secretary of State to 'Find' Votes to Overturn Election

Trump spent approximately an hour on the call with Raffensperger, his deputy, and Trump's attorneys, pressing Raffensperger to reverse Georgia's certified presidential election results. He made multiple false claims about fraud that Raffensperger repeatedly corrected in real time. Trump told Raffensperger 'there's nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you've recalculated' and that finding 11,780 votes would put Trump ahead in Georgia. Raffensperger refused. The call recording was published; Trump's Georgia indictment in August 2023 cited it as a central piece of evidence.

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Trump and Giuliani Target Fulton County Election Workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss (2020–2021)

A sitting president and his lawyer publicly accused two named election workers of fraud that state officials had already debunked. The women received death threats and racist abuse, Freeman left her home on FBI advice, and both were later formally cleared. A jury ordered Giuliani to pay $148 million for defamation; Trump later pardoned Giuliani for federal 2020-election offences.