Trump pressured Michigan canvassers not to certify 2020 election in recorded phone call, report says
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel was also involved in the call.
Former President Donald Trump was recorded pressuring Michigan canvassers not to certify the 2020 presidential election, the Detroit News reported Thursday.
The phone call recordings, which were reviewed by the Detroit News, reportedly show that Trump personally pressured Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
The call occurred shortly after Wayne County Board of Canvassers meeting ending on Nov. 17, 2020, according to the report.
“We’ve got to fight for our country,” Trump told Palmer and Hartmann in the recordings. “We can’t let these people take our country away from us,” he said, telling them that they would look “terrible” if they signed the documents to certify the election.
Palmer and Hartmann did not sign the official statement of votes for Wayne County that night. They unsuccessfully attempted to rescind their votes in favor of certification a day later.
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel was also involved in the call, the Detroit News reported.
“If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. … We will get you attorneys,” McDaniel reportedly told the two canvassers.
“What I said publicly and repeatedly at the time, as referenced in my letter on Nov. 21, 2020, is that there was ample evidence that warranted an audit,” McDaniel, a resident of Wayne County, told the Detroit News in a statement. She did not dispute the facts of the call as outlined.
A spokesperson for the RNC declined to provide further comment.
“All of President Trump’s actions were taken in furtherance of his duty as President of the United States to faithfully take care of the laws and ensure election integrity, including investigating the rigged and stolen 2020 Presidential Election. President Trump and the American people have the Constitutional right to free and fair elections,” Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for the former president, said in a statement to POLITICO.
According to the Detroit News, the recording was made by an individual present with Palmer and Hartmann during the call.
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Trump pressured Michigan canvassers not to certify 2020 election in recorded phone call, report says https://t.co/DO857JLNel
— POLITICO (@politico) December 22, 2023
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“Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election.” https://t.co/RvmTzTSTFN
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) December 22, 2023
On call to press Michigan local officials to violate their duty and overturn the 2020 election:
Ronna McDaniel: "If you can go home tonight, do not sign it…We will get you attorneys."
To which Trump added: "We'll take care of that."@CraigDMauger @detroitnews has the audio👇 https://t.co/voBGuiiCyb
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) December 22, 2023
There exists no work of nature or art as glorious as a metro newspaper with a big honking scoop on 1A https://t.co/dusYyTHBYk
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) December 22, 2023
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