Raffensperger held off releasing the tape till Trump lied about the phone call on Twitter

[Denzil_DC]

Link to tweet

Jim Roberts
@nycjim

*Georgia Sec/State Brad Raffensperger had told aides not to release recording of the call unless Donald Trump attacked state officials or misrepresented what was said.
*Trump obliged with a tweet on Sunday morning.
https://nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/

[Botany]

1. So Raffensperger was going to hide the call?

[renate]

4. Good point

I like the idea of a Trump hoisting himself on his own petard, but I don’t like the idea of a criminal act being hidden. Maybe Raffensperger would have released it anyway and this claim just gives him a little cover.

[Botany]

5. How many of "these type of calls" has Trump already made?

Nancy should call for a vote of impeachment tomorrow in the House and then let the GOP on the
senate try to defend the indefensible.

[Boomerproud]

12. The Repubs have been defending the indefensible since 2017.

They would just say what a leader and a fighter he was. Nothing improper or illegal here.

[spooky3]

22. My guess is at least a dozen to various officials in all the swing

States that went for Biden. His long list of crimes should be prosecuted.

[PufPuf23]

24. I agree with your prescription.

Neat and clean and enlightening.

Trump delivered on a platter for impeachment.

But I would be surprised.

[KS Toronado]

25. How many of "these type of calls" is what we should be asking

We know trumpig, pence & graham have harassed Ga officials, but he needs several swing states to win
not just one. Sooner or later it'll come out how they harassed Mi, Pa , Wi, and the sooner the better.
Like tomorrow would be fine by me.

[Susan Calvin]

20. Little cover from what?

The kind of people who would think this was okay if it hadn't come to light? Republicans are scum. All of them, as far as I am concerned.

[AllyCat]

15. Yup. Just another f***ing Republican out to defend himself.

[Susan Calvin]

19. Sounds like it to me.

Good thing Trump did what he is known for doing.

[joshcryer]

30. That's how they operate.

[Budi]

2. That's simply the cutthroat business of mobstering.

Trump should totally understand Raffensperger's move.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Keith Olbermann and John Dean seem to think

team tRump made the tape and someone in his base released it.
Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) Tweeted:
It was clearly recorded at the White House. That’s why Trump’s louder and clearer on the audio.

Link to tweet

?s=20
Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) Tweeted:
If one man knows about White House tape recordings, it’s my esteemed friend Mr. Dean.
His conclusion: the recording was made AT TRUMP’S END OF THE CONVERSATION.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Denzil_DC]

7. Assumptions that depend on how it was recorded. The NYT reports otherwise:

Officials in the secretary of state’s office recorded Saturday’s call, and Mr. Raffensperger told his advisers that he did not want to release a transcript or a recording unless the president attacked state officials or misrepresented what had been discussed, according to a person familiar with his direction.

As expected, that attack came in a tweet on Sunday morning, in which Mr. Trump claimed that Mr. Raffensperger “was unwilling, or unable, to answer questions such as the ‘ballots under table’ scam, ballot destruction, out of state ‘voters’, dead voters, and more. He has no clue!”

In a response on Twitter, Mr. Raffensperger wrote: “Respectfully, President Trump: What you’re saying is not true. The truth will come out.” The recording of the call was made public several hours later.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia.html

[Sinistrous]

11. Re: The relative qualities of the voices on the tape;

Isn't it possible that the WH had a better quality microphone than the party at the SoS's end of the line?

[ecstatic]

13. That's not necessarily true anymore. I finally got my hands on a recording app

that works on Android 10 or 11. When I put my phone on speaker, the caller is louder than me, even more so when I'm further away from my phone.

Also, trump has now filed a ridiculous lawsuit against GASOS, making the entire argument moot.

[AllyCat]

17. Yes. I have listened to another recording of this where Raffensperger

is louder than mKD

[Denzil_DC]

21. Hmm. Does that mean there are two versions of the recording out there,

or might it be an artefact of editing (e.g. if the recording was in stereo, and one side of the conversation was panned left and the other right)?

[AllyCat]

26. Not sure. I was driving and had Siri dredge it up for me.

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Does anyone have the rump tweet that caused the recording to be released?

Thanks in advance.

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. Here's Traitor Tot's tweet and GA SoS's response

Link to tweet

[Cha]

31. Beware those words, trump.. ".. the Truth

will come out.."

trump walked right into his own TRAP!

TY, Beagles.. I Rt that last night!

[herding cats]

8. My initial impression was different.

Ms. Gardner was working a story. She no doubt reached out to the WH for a comment before publication. This is protocol and expected. Trump then worked on defense and thus the blaze story he Tweeted about.

[ecstatic]

10. I figured as much. trump can't get out of his own way.

The entire GOP is complicit with him. Brad would have assisted trump in covering up his latest crime had trump not tweet-attacked him this morning. SMH.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Thekaspervote]

14. Either way..hopefully this is another nail in the coffin of loeffler & perdue

If dotard shows tomorrow the whole rally will be a whine fest about “the phone call.”

[usajumpedtheshark]

16. Given the topic and the parties involved, I assume that both parties taped the call.

[Denzil_DC]

18. I think that's a fair assumption.

It been quite funny looking at multiple Twitter feeds where Trumpers are after Raffensperger's blood for releasing the recording, only to be contradicted by other Trumpers who claim it was released by the White House to show Raffensperger up.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[TomCADem]

27. Perdue is defending Trump. Called Secretary of State "Disgusting"

...for leaking the call, which exposed Trump’ lies.

[The Jungle 1]

28. All the kings horses

All the kings horses and all the kings men
Could not put trump in my White House again

[Cha]

29. Aha! That figures.. trump Hoists on his

own Petard TWICE!!

He begged for it!

Rt TY, DC!