Trump Told Georgia Official He Wanted to "Find" Votes to Overturn Election

In a phone call on Saturday, President Donald Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, "I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state." Trump also claimed to Raffensperger that Georgia's vote count was off "by hundreds of thousands of votes." Controversy followed once part of the phone call was made public; many on the left accused Trump of illegally trying to manipulate the election results, and some on the right were critical of Raffensperger's office for allowing the audio to go public. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) said he doesn't think the call will affect Tuesday's runoff election in Georgia, which will decide the party that will the U.S. Senate. Listen to the call and read the transcript here. Coverage was more prominent from left- and center-rated sources. Reports from many right-rated outlets focused on the fact that the audio was leaked, with some painting that as evidence of Raffensperger's bias against Trump. Most reports from left- and center-rated sources said Trump "pressured" Raffensperger, and framed the call as potential evidence of Trump illegally trying to influence the 2020 election results based on false or unproven claims.