Georgia's election official debunks Trump's claims of voter fraud

Following call between Georgia officials and out-voted US President Donald Trump, where he urged to "find" votes, a top election official from Peach state on January 4 has responded. senior Georgia election official, Gabriel Sterling has dismissed all baseless claims that Trump aired in telephonic conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Br Raffensperger this weekend, just days before President-elect Joe Biden is to swear in. He assured that every vote was counted in vember 3 presidential elections.

" reason I'm having to stand here today is because re are people in positions of authority and respect who have said ir votes didn't count, and it's t true," said Gabriel Sterling, voting systems implementation manr for Georgia Secretary of State's office, during a press conference.

audio was first reported by Washington Post and obtained by several media outlets. In audio clip, Trump can be heard urging Raffensperger, who is also a Republican to “find” votes in order to overturn election results in Georgia which he lost to Biden. While Raffensperger can be heard rejecting Trump’s demand, in stunning one-hour call, Trump even lambasted fellow Republican for refusing to falsely say that he won election in battleground state. 

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‘It’s t a real thing’ says Sterling

outgoing US President even catalogued a series of baseless claims regarding voter fraud with Raffensperger saying that data Trump was quoting is ‘wrong’. While phonecall caused a stir in US politics, Sterling said on January 4 that Trump’s baseless claims are “all easily, provably false” and ran through conspiracy ories that have been floated by US President in conversation with Raffensperger. Rejecting Trump’s claims about ballots being shredded, Sterling said, “re is shredding of ballots going on. That's t real. It's t happening.”

While dressing Trump’s questions about Dominion voting machines being removed, Sterling asserted: " one is changing parts or pieces out of Dominion voting machines. I don't even kw what that means...It's t a real thing. That's t happening.”

With inauguration day being less than 20 days away, media reports also published Trump’s call with Georgia Secretary of State Br Raffensperger in which outgoing President urged officials to overturn results. In call, which has alrey led to vice president-elect Kamala Harris bash Trump, out-voted President can be heard telling Georgia officials to ‘find’ votes. At one instance in conversation, Trump said, "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won state.” He n ded, “You should want to have an accurate election. And you're a Republican."

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