Breaking: Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger was interviewed by the Jan 6 Committee

[malaise]

for several hours today.


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https://www.ajc.com/politics/house-committee-probing-jan-6-riot-interviews-georgias-top-elections-official/NHKH42CBORH4JPDYYQZW3Q6QPA/

Georgia’s top elections official was interviewed for more than four hours Tuesday by a panel of U.S. House lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Donald Trump mob as it widens a probe into the causes of the insurrection.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger revealed few details of the inquiry in an interview. But he said he spoke at length with members of the House select committee about a notorious January phone call with Trump in which Raffensperger refused the then-president’s demands to “find” enough votes in Georgia to overcome his deficit.

“We talked about that and everything else leading into the election. That was their focus, because that was where the greatest disinformation was foisted upon our nation,” said Raffensperger, who added that the committee had copies of his recently published book on hand to reference.

Raffensperger said that members of the committee, controlled by House Democrats, “might not like everything I had to say.” He said he referred to a “history of stolen election claims” that included Stacey Abrams’ refusal to concede defeat in the 2018 governor’s race to Republican Brian Kemp and discredited conspiracy theories in the 2016 election.

[Bev54]

1. I will bet the interviews are very productive, without having the naysayers on the other side

asking bullshit questions and making asses of themselves.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I don't trust these Republicans

Will they try to nudge Cheney and Kinzinger against the rest of the Committee?

And Meadows? My take on him is he will think he can outfox the whole thing if he only turns on the charm and lies enough. Hope I'm wrong.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I suspect that Cheney and Kinzinger are quite firm on where they stand. They will not be moved. n/t

[gab13by13]

5. Meadows agreed to "initial cooperation"

which I interpret to mean, useless information. He is stalling.

[aeromanKC]

8. Meadows v. Schiff? I know where my money is on that one!!

And it ain't in no field!!

[gab13by13]

3. Raffensberger wrote a book,

the select committee had copies of his book and asked him questions accordingly.

[gratuitous]

6. Yes, technically, Stacey Abrams refused to concede defeat

And there was enough jiggery-pokery around the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election to warrant some suspicion that not everything was on the up-and-up. But Abrams' "refusal" to concede was to tell her supporters that 2018 wasn't the last word on political matters in Georgia. And she was as good as her word in 2021 for the election of Georgia's Senate delegation. She certainly didn't make any phone calls to the Secretary of State and try to knuckle that office to find more votes for her.

So take your false equivalency assertions and shove 'em up your ass, Mr. Raffensperger. There's a big difference between Stacey Abrams and the former guy, and you know it.

[malaise]

7. Agree

[mountain grammy]

9. Exactly!

[Evolve Dammit]

10. I thought at first he was really a straight shooter and then it became apparent he's still a weasel.

[crickets]

13. 👆👆

[MyOwnPeace]

16. As I recall......

there was, as Charlie Pierce would say, some "ratfkng" going on in the election process (who was allowed to vote - what votes counted, etc.....) and the person "deciding" those issues was the opponent - the person who 'won' the election!
Not a surprise that a RepuQ would claim that the one who was 'screwed over' is in the wrong for having 'issues' regarding the election!

Yes, this IS a classic case of 'false equivalency' and they are such shameless whores for it!

[mcar]

11. Well, well

[DFW]

12. I would have taken less time, but I'm not on the committee

There is obviously much he knows that Schiff also knows, that I don’t. I would have just played back the “find me the votes” tape, asked him to verify that, to the best of his recollection, what was on the tape was indeed how the call sent down, and when he confirmed, just said “thank you very much. NEXT!”

[Poiuyt]

14. What exactly does he mean: House Democrats "might not like everything I had to say"?

Is he just referring to Stacy Abrams?

[spanone]

15. YES!!

K&R