Top Georgia election official says White House pushed him to take Trump call


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  • Tuesday, 05 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump descend from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia's top election official said on Monday that fellow Republican President Donald Trump had pushed him to take an "inappropriate" call in which he pressured the state to overturn his November presidential election defeat there.

In the call on Saturday, Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" enough votes to overturn his election loss in the southern state, according to a recording published by U.S. media.

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