Former Pres. Trump was threatening Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger when he asked him to help “find” enough votes to overturn his loss in Georgia to Democratic Pres. Biden, Raffensperger writes in a new book.
An engineer who grew wealthy before running for office, Raffensperger recounts in his book the struggle in Georgia that followed Biden's narrow victory, including death threats texted to his wife, an encounter with men who he says may have been staking out his suburban Atlanta home, and being escorted out of the Georgia capitol on Jan. 6 as a handful of right-wing protesters entered the building on the same day many more protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is investigating potential attempts to improperly influence Georgia's 2020 election. Raffensperger said in an interview with The Associated Press that Willis' investigators have talked to some employees in his office, but that he hasn't been interviewed. He blames a defeat that wounded Trump's ego, writing, “You believe in your heart that you did a good job, and if you never lack self doubt, it must be doubly debilitating — and confusing. Instead of accepting defeat, you look for scapegoats, shift blame, or seek alternative theories.”
Raffensperger writes that “the corrosive effects of such lies are spreading still,” and argues that Abrams and other Democrats share “an all-too-bipartisan willingness to undermine the integrity of our democracy." Raffensperger also takes shots at U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, a Trump-endorsed opponent in Georgia's 2022 Republican primary for secretary of state, saying Hice showed little interest in election administration before 2020.
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