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Dick Durbin: “President Trump directed the Georgia Secretary of State to…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Sounds The Alarm On President Trump's Threats To Election Integrity

Published | Video Starts at 03:10

I remember well that recorded conversation on the telephone between the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the Georgia Secretary of State. It was in early 2021, and President Trump directed the Georgia Secretary of State to, quote, find, close, quote, the 11,780 votes he needed to swing the election his way. He said it. Those were his words, his voice. And I remember when he incited a mob of, of his most ardent supporters to storm this very Capitol, this very … (03:10–03:22)

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Asserts that President Trump directed the Georgia Secretary of State to find 11,780 votes.

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