Trump reportedly caught on tape bullying Detroit election officials during 2020 count

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Trump said on the recordings, according to the Detroit News.
50% : ""President Trump and the American people have the constitutional right to free and fair elections," Cheung said.
41% : The new report shows that Trump was personally involved in the effort to tip the election in his favor across multiple battleground states, a revelation that could bolster Smith's case if it gets to a jury.
40% : "Trump chimed in: "We'll take care of that," apparently referring to providing attorneys.
37% : "We've got to fight for our country," Trump added.
35% : But spokesman Steven Cheung brushed off the significance of any tape as evidence that Trump aimed to "faithfully take care of the laws and ensure election integrity.
32% : Trump faces at least two criminal trials in which the Michigan tape might play a role.
27% : It's unknown whether special counsel Jack Smith has also obtained the tape and whether it will play a role in his federal election interference case against Trump.
27% : Trump is also charged in a sweeping Georgia state racketeering case along with more than a dozen aides and acolytes, accusing him of engineering a multi-pronged plot to steal the election in Georgia and other states including Michigan.
26% : Trump argues that he is covered by blanket presidential immunity, a claim that Chutkan rejected.
25% : Trump did not immediately respond to the new report.
22% : Trump says the case should not be heard until after the November 2024 election and also claims that he cannot be tried at all if he wins a return to the White House until he eventually left office.
20% : "The tape echoes the infamous phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which he demanded the top state election official "find" just enough votes to allow him to overturn Biden's narrow win in the Peach State.
16% : But Trump and his allies denounced what they called nefarious dumps of ballots that favored Biden in Wayne County late on election night and the next day.
14% : Trump told the two canvassers that they would look "terrible" if they certified the results.

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