January 6, the "Big Lie," and the fate of democracy
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One year ago today, on January 2, 2021, President Donald Trump set in motion his most brazen effort to overturn his election defeat. In a recorded phone call, he told Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, "I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have."
Mr. Trump also told Raffensperger he could face unspecified criminal charges if he did not bend. "That's a criminal offense … That's a big risk to you," Mr. Trump warned.
"I listened," Raffensperger told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett. "But I also knew that, 'You can dig all you want, Mr. President. We have the facts, and I'm sorry, you lost.'"
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