ATLANTA — For weeks after the 2020 election, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger endured withering insults and accusations from the man with the biggest bully pulpit in the world — then-President Donald Trump.
As he sought to overturn his loss in Georgia, Trump spread lies about election fraud long after the allegations had been investigated and found lacking. He branded Raffensperger an “enemy of the people.” And he ultimately asked the secretary to “find” the 11,780 votes he needed to win.
In hours of testimony unveiled Tuesday, Raffensperger told congressional investigators in detail how he tried to show Trump and others why the voting fraud allegations were wrong. And he offered his thoughts on why Trump refused to accept the truth.
