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He was POTUS and federal elections integrity should fall under his purview. Also, as a candidate he should have the right to make sure things were done right.

Uh, that's why the Department of Justice (under the Executive Branch) exists. Bill Barr investigated those claims of issues of elections integrity at the direction of Trump and found that there were none. That's an official act, and Trump hasn't been charged in any court for any official act regarding directing federal agencies (with the requisite authority) to investigate those claims.

That's different from making a call to a State Secretary of State (Raffensburger) and asking someone to find 11,000+ votes. That is not an official act, and the President has no authority (federal authority) to direct a state official to perform an act regarding the results of a state election, when he doesn't have authority over that state official or the state's elections.

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Posted by beaux duke

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Posted on 4/25/24 at 1:13 pm to CreoleTigerEsq

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That's different from making a call to a State Secretary of State (Raffensburger) and asking someone to find 11,000+ votes. That is not an official act, and the President has no authority (federal authority) to direct a state official to perform an act, when he doesn't have authority over that state official.

Agree
Unpopular opinion here but I've said this several times. IMO where Trump really fricks himself on this call is when he says . “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have”. Not "let's recount the votes" or something similar, but referencing a specific number to proclaim him the winner. He can dance around it all he wants, but Trump is asking Raffensburger to sway the election his way
IMO of course, YMMV

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