Biden election: Mike Pence ‘welcomes’ senators’ bid to derail result

The Washington Post reported, citing an audio recording of the call, that Mr Trump had asked Mr Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn the result in the state. Mr Trump cajoled and threatened the Georgia official with unspecified consequences if he did not help, telling him he was running a “big risk”, the paper said.

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