2021年1月2日，在长达一个小时的电话会议中，时任美国总统唐纳德·特朗普向佐治亚州州务卿布拉德·拉芬斯佩格施加压力，要求其更改2020年美国总统大选以来该州的选票总数。特朗普在大选中被乔·拜登击败，但特朗普一直不承认选举结果[1]，并与其支持者进行了各式各样试图推翻大选结果的运动，例如提出超过80宗法律诉讼、呼吁支持者向国会议员施压、向主持统计选举人团票数的副总统迈克·彭斯施压等。在致电拉芬斯佩格之前，特朗普就已经反复向至少三个他输掉的摇摆州的官员要求重新点算各州的选民投票结果、将部分选民票作废、或将在州选民投票中赢得投票权的民主党选举人替换成支持自己的共和党选举人。拉芬斯佩格在与特朗普通话的翌日将电话录音提交给《华盛顿邮报》报导并获得其他媒体转载[2][3][4]。
根据被公开的电话录音，特朗普多次要求拉芬斯佩格“寻找11000张选票”，尽管拉芬斯佩格和他的法律顾问瑞安·爵曼尼（Ryan Germany）重复地指选举并没有任何舞弊迹象，并否定了特朗普提出诸如选票被篡改、扔掉、重复统计等的不实指控[5]。特朗普甚至指如果拉芬斯佩格和爵曼尼不按照他的意思指正选举舞弊，“这对你和瑞安，你的律师，都是个重大危机[原文 1]”，其语气被一些时事评论员和政治家认为是强人所难或具有威胁性，而法律专家则认为特朗普在这次电话对话中的言行有机会触犯了州和联邦法律[6]。
2021年1月11日，特朗普因为国会在统计选举人团票时遭冲击而被众议院第二次弹劾，这次电话事件亦被引用到弹劾议案中[7]。2021年2月，佐治亚州富尔顿县地区检察办公室对这次事件连同更早前共和党政要林赛·格雷厄姆致电拉芬斯佩格展开刑事调查。2023年8月14日，佐治亚州的大陪审团正式通过富尔顿县地区检察官提出对特朗普和18名同谋（co-conspirator）有组织敲诈勒索罪和诈骗罪等刑事指控，本次电话对话内容正是指控书的重心之一，成为特朗普第四次遭到的刑事捡控[8]。
在2020年美国总统选举中民主党的候选人乔·拜登击败了寻求连任、代表共和党的唐纳德·特朗普成为第46届美国总统，其中在过往历史上偏共和党的佐治亚州的选民投票中拜登以极为细微的得票比例差（11779票和0.24%之差），赢得这个州的16张选举人团票，成为拜登赢得总统选举的其中一个关键州。特朗普的竞选单位并不承认他落败的摇摆州分的投票结果，并罗列出诸多选举舞弊指控，这些指控都被查证者、选举保安专家和法庭反驳或证伪，而特朗普和他的支持者所提出的所有针对选举的诉讼都没有成功扭转选举结果，这些诉讼案中有一半是法庭不受理，其次是控方主动撤回诉讼[9]。在两位候选人得票非常接近的州分中在第一次点票后，又重新进行了手动点票，最终都是未能改变选举结果[10][11]，拜登最终于2020年11月19日获确认赢得佐治亚州[12]。
当2020年11月至12月的选举诉讼案无法取得进展下，特朗普开始对至少密歇根州、宾夕法尼亚州和佐治亚州这些他输掉的州的共和党地方或州官员亲身或透过电话沟通，他向这些州的议员、州检察长和州长施压以求推翻选举结果，包括要求他们重新点票、扔掉部分选票或将代表民主党的选举人团替换为共和党的选举人团[13][14]。
12月5日有报导指特朗普致电了佐治亚州州长布莱恩·肯普，公开要求他和州务卿布拉德·拉芬斯佩格扭转佐治亚州的选举结果，并要挟如果不服从就会作出政治报复[15]。肯普和拉芬斯佩格都是共和党党员，但自从大选的选民投票结束后因为拒绝配合特朗普的舞弊指控，三者关系开始恶化。特朗普于12月30日在推特发文指“肯普应该辞职，这个拒绝承认我们在佐治亚州获得大胜的障碍物。[原文 2][16]”
《华盛顿邮报》于2021年1月9日报导，特朗普在2020年12月23日致电了佐治亚州州务卿办公室的选举调查主任，当时这位匿名的选举调查主任正在审计科布县的投票结果，这是应拉芬斯佩格要求调查州内选举舞弊的指控。《华盛顿邮报》的此篇报导引述消息人士提供的讯息，声称特朗普对该选举调查主任说如果她能找出舞弊行为就会成为一位“国家英雄”。于是有法律专家指特朗普的言语可能触犯了行贿或妨碍选举法。2020年12月29日，佐治亚州选举调查团完成了审计并宣布所有针对佐治亚州的选举舞弊指控都是子虚乌有，特朗普对调查结果表示不满[17]。2021年1月4日，拉芬斯佩格在《早安美国》的新闻访问中确认了这次通话内容[18]，《华盛顿邮报》出于保护事件主角的安全而没有公开该选举调查主任的身份[17]。
然而，根据拉芬斯佩格在事发两个月后公布的特朗普与该选举调查主任的通话录音，特朗普并未要求对方找出舞弊行为以及说对方能因此成为“国家英雄”。《华盛顿邮报》于2021年3月11日承认其于1月9日的报导是错误的，并更正了报导的标题和内文[19]。
2021年1月2日，特朗普与佐治亚州州务卿拉芬斯佩格举行了长达1小时的闭门电话会议[3][20]。陪同特朗普一边的有白宫办公厅主任马克·梅多斯、贸易顾问彼得·纳瓦罗、司法部官员约翰·洛特、法律系教授约翰·伊斯特曼和律师鲁迪·朱利安尼、克莱塔·米切尔等人，拉芬斯佩格则由他的法律顾问瑞安·爵曼尼陪同参与对话[21]。翌日1月3日，《华盛顿邮报》和其他主流媒体获得了这次会议的录音[21][22]。
1月3日，特朗普在录音被媒体公开前发推文指与拉芬斯佩格进行了电话会议，称对方无意或无能力证明选举舞弊[原文 3][23]。拉芬斯佩格指自己本来不打算公开谈论事件，但当看到特朗普的推文对自己进行不实攻击后认为有必要出面澄清，他指1月2日的电话会议是当天临急举行的，因为特朗普在当天早上看到自己在福斯新闻上回应指“大选结果公正和特朗普已经落败”[24]。后来有消息指于1月2日前的一周之间，特朗普有18次尝试过与拉芬斯佩格通电，但基于特朗普和他的团队正在对佐治亚州州务卿和州长提出多项诉讼，拉芬斯佩格决定回避这种会谈[22]。
- 特朗普第一次提及“追加选票”
- 特朗普：“我在这选举赢多了几十万票，我不可能输掉了佐治亚州，完全没道理。我们赢多了几十万票。我只要求你加上一个小数目，这可是11000的好几倍。但我在那个州赢多了几十万票。你觉得他们在富尔顿县是否有可能将那些票扔进碎纸机？因为传闻就是如此。还有那个主权投票系统，主权公司非常迅速地将机械撤走。你知道这些事情吗？因为这可是犯法的，对吧？[原文 4]”
- 爵曼尼：“这是瑞安·爵曼尼。不对，主权公司没有从富尔顿县移走过任何机件。[原文 5]”
- 特朗普说“寻找11780张选票”，即是与拜登的得票差多一票
- 特朗普：“但选票都被动手脚了。你可以查出那是非法的，比起这个对你们而言更非法的是，你明知他们这么干了却知情不报。那是刑事罪行。你不能任由他们逍遥法外。这对你和瑞安—你的律师，都是个重大危机。但他们撕碎了选票，就我看来，就我所知。他们还以最快速度移除了机件，这一切都是罪证。你不能任由它发生啊，但你却无动于衷。你懂的，我指，我就是要指出你们任由它发生。所以听好，我想做的就是，我只想找11780张选票，只要多一张因为我们赢了这个州。而且扭转这个州对我们的国家来说可是一个重大里程碑，因为你懂的，这能证明他们要承认过错，或者你喜欢怎么形容它也好。如果这是一个过错，怎么都好。许多人不认为这是个错误。这是比表面看来更不法的。但这对佐治亚州来说是个重大问题而这不会就此被淡忘。[原文 6]”
- 特朗普说“需要11000或12000张选票”
- 特朗普：“那么，你最好查查那些选票因为他们撕碎了选票，瑞安，我就告诉你，瑞安。他们正在撕碎选票。而你应该用心地查看。但他们撕碎选票是因为他们在想我们最终会到富尔顿县。我的看法是现在还为时不晚。所以，我想说的就是这些。看，我们只需要11000张选票。我们获得的票数远多于现在的。我们将会获得越来越多。你有临时选票吗？布莱德（拉芬斯佩格）？[原文 7]”
- 特朗普：“当然，但我指，你有将它们计入还是抽起，因为，你懂的，换个说法，你这个州有多少临时选票？[原文 9]”
- 特朗普：“因为那些票大部分都是投给特朗普的。因为他们都是投票时被欺骗了。我们有几千人在11月3日打算投票时证实了或者想作供，他们被告知‘抱歉，你的名字已经投过票。’那些男女都发出怒号反驳道：‘我自豪地待到11月3日才投票！’他们回应你已经投了票而投票的不是他们本人。所以他们才填上临时选票，选票上填上投给特朗普。还有那批军人的选票，我赢了许多军人票，百分之一百投给特朗普，我是说百分之一百给了拜登。那个你有所闻吧？有大批选票寄到富尔顿县，本该是投给特朗普的变成投给拜登，尽管特朗普赢得大部分军人票，你懂的，是非常之多。但这些选票百分之一百都给了拜登。而你知道这事吧？有很多票进来了，全给了拜登。有人知道关于这事吗？[原文 11]”
- 爵曼尼：“我不知道这事，但我知道有军人票投进来，不单是军人票，还有海外公民的选票。军人票通常都是投给共和党，而海外侨胞的票通常投给民主党。所以两边各有混杂。[原文 12]”
- 特朗普：“不，以前是如此。好吧。但我该获得了78%的军人票吧。这些票都是投给... 他们没有告诉我关于海外侨胞票。但海外侨胞也好，我该也获得了海外侨胞的票吧，瑞安，你明白的。投进来的票都给了拜登。这是犯法的。你懂的，这是犯法的。好吧，这是另一宗罪，这是许多违法行为中的又一件，这里有太多违法行为了。啊，我不懂，看，布莱德。我得找... 我必须找12000张选票而我有比这个许多倍。所以，我赢得了这个州。在进行下一步前，（不知所云）。你知道，我今天早上看了你（在电视上）说，（选举）没有违法行为。但我指，这一切都是非常危险的。当你说没有违法，我认为你这么说对你本人是很危险的。我搞不懂你为何不愿意好好点票。就算是你调查时。我感到诧异，你知道... 那调查... 我们找到有几千票不是投给我的。让我感到惊讶的是调查的手法，你所做的就是重新确认原有的选票，你收到那些选票后就那样点算它们后发现有3千张问题选票。所以很意外有3或5我不懂，总之是很多选票。但你必须退回多年前的记录去校对签名。如果你调查富尔顿县，你会找到几十万票因为他们将票倾倒进富尔顿县和邻近的县。所以从这里大家该做些什么？我只要11000张选票。老兄，我需要11000张选票，你就成全我吧。[原文 13]”
有法律专家认为特朗普向州务卿施压的言辞已经触犯了多项选举法例[1]，包括州法律和联邦法律中，勾结进行选举舞弊或妨碍选举等罪名[25][26]。选举法专家Edward B. Foley指特朗普的行为是不当和可鄙的，华盛顿公民责任与道德的执行董事称，特朗普意图操纵选举的行为是美国历史上的一个下限，无疑是可以受到弹劾的举动[27]。
《卫报》引述美国宪法教授Richard Pildes指特朗普“有意图目的地要胁州官员败坏选举的廉洁”就已经可能触犯了刑法[28][26][29]。诉讼律师Michael Bromwich指特朗普说“我只想找11780张选票[原文 6]”的这句话可能已经触犯了美国法典第52编[28][30][31]。全国广播公司则报导特朗普这通电话已经足够让调查部门立案研究是否存在利益冲突[32]。
1月4日，民主党的一众领袖以特朗普意图或合谋触犯选举法为由，要求联邦调查局展开调查[33]。尽管有共和党议员认为特朗普只是要求州务卿“寻找合法的选票”，民主党已经就这次事件着手撰写谴责决议书[34]，当1月6日首都国会正在为总统选举的选举人团票点票时遭到冲击占领后，以民主党为多数派的众议院以“煽动暴力颠覆国家”为由，对特朗普发起第二次弹劾案，其弹劾草案中引用了这次电话会议指，这是特朗普“为推翻和妨碍认证2020年总统选举结果的事前准备”[35]，尽管到参议院的弹劾审判于2月13日无法获得足够共和党参议员支持，让特朗普获判无罪。
佐治亚州富尔顿县地区检察官法尼·威利斯于1月4日发表回应指对这次电话会议内容感到不安，她指民主党的州选举委员会向州办事处的选举分部提出立案调查事件，之后会将案件呈交给州检察长[36]，当完成调查后案件便会转交地区检察办公室[36]。2月10日，威利斯向包括拉芬斯佩格和坎普等四位佐治亚州官员发出信件，指她的检察办公室已经正式调查“意图妨碍2020年佐治亚州选举”的相关罪行，并要求官员不要按一般流程销毁相关文件以备作为呈堂证据[37]。
关于将闭门会议内容录下并公开的行为，有人指州务卿拉芬斯佩格可能要为此面临触犯间谍法的起诉。PolitiFact引述美国保安与宪法法律专家指，特朗普与州务卿的对话不是间谍法涵盖的国防机密信息，再加上录音被流出前特朗普事先在社交媒体透露进行过这次会议[38]。
虽然有谣传特朗普会就私自录下会议内容对拉芬斯佩格提出诉讼，但是进行通话的两端即佐治亚州和首都哥伦比亚特区，其通讯法都允许通讯参与者在不用征求对方同意下单方面录下私人谈话内容[39][40][41]，由于这次电话会议来得突然，双方一直没有在订立保密协议下通话[23]。在国会认证总统选举结果前，没有任何一单针对选举的诉讼有提及这次电话会议[42]。
拉芬斯佩格向媒体透露，正当佐治亚州于2020年11月11日至20日间进行手动重新点票，共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆于11月13日私下致电他讨论关于这次重新点票的事宜，其中格雷厄姆问他“如果是发生比较多选票签名错误的县，是否可以取消这些县的所有邮寄选票的资格？[43][44][45]”拉芬斯佩格认为格雷厄姆的意图是要让合法选票作废，但格雷厄姆回应他的目的仅仅是“保护邮寄投票的公正”和确认“邮寄投票如何认证选民签名”，但拉芬斯佩格对这个辩解不敢苟同表示：“我觉得我在这对话中受到威胁[44]。”格雷厄姆又表示他自己作为参议员正在进行选举调查，尽管他当时属于与选举无关的参议院司法委员会[46]。佐治亚州富尔顿县检察办公室于2021年2月13日表示，他们会将格雷厄姆致电拉芬斯佩格一事，与特朗普致电拉芬斯佩格事件同样进行妨碍选举刑法的调查[47]。
特朗普电话录音泄露的第二天，佐治亚州共和党投票系统的项目经理加布里埃尔·斯特林在与拉芬斯佩格的交流中尖锐地反驳了特朗普有关选举舞弊的主张，并具体列举并反驳了特朗普及其盟友宣称有成千上万名青少年、死者和未登记的公民进行了投票，以及特朗普发布的一段误导性的视频，该视频称本次投票中有人伪造了选票，这些伪造的选票是从旅行箱中秘密取回的。斯特林称“总统的法律团队有闭门电话会议的录像，他们也观看了整个录像，所以从我们的角度来看，他们是故意在此方面误导州参议院、选民和美国人民。这是故意而且很明显的[48][49]”。
曾参与调查和揭露前美国总统尼克松水门事件的资深记者卡尔·伯恩斯坦评论，这次事件比水门事件更恶劣，而录音内容是“证明特朗普有意发动政变的终极证据”[50]。
保守媒体极限新闻认为《华盛顿邮报》指特朗普不断要对方弄出选票来翻盘是“不实指控”，因为通话内容显示特朗普只是要求诚实计票，原因是特朗普认为如此他就能多拿11000票而胜出[51][52]。
特朗普：That's a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer.
特朗普：@BrainKempGA should resign from office. He is an obstructionist who refuses to admit that we won Georgia, BIG!
特朗普：I spoke to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger yesterday about Fulton County and voter fraud in Georgia. He was unwilling, or unable, to answer questions such as the “ballots under table” scam, ballot destruction, out of state “voters”, dead voters, and more. He has no clue!
特朗普：I won this election by hundreds of thousands of votes. There's no way I lost Georgia. There's no way. We won by hundreds of thousands of votes. I'm just going by small numbers when you add them up they're many times the 11,000. But I won that state by hundreds of thousands of votes. Do you think it's possible that they shredded ballots in Fulton County? Because that's what the rumor is. And also that Dominion took out machines. That Dominion is really moving fast to get rid of their, uh, machinery. Do you know anything about that? Because that's illegal, right?
爵曼尼：This is Ryan Germany. No, Dominion has not moved any machinery out of Fulton County.
特朗普：But the ballots are corrupt. And you are going to find that they are — which is totally illegal, it is more illegal for you than it is for them because, you know what they did and you're not reporting it. That's a criminal, that's a criminal offense. And you can't let that happen. That's a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer. And that's a big risk. But they are shredding ballots, in my opinion, based on what I've heard. And they are removing machinery and they're moving it as fast as they can, both of which are criminal finds. And you can't let it happen and you are letting it happen. You know, I mean, I'm notifying you that you're letting it happen. 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 the state. And flipping the state is a great testament to our country because, cause you know, this is — it's a testament that they can admit to a mistake or whatever you want to call it. If it was a mistake, I don't know. A lot of people think it wasn't a mistake. It was much more criminal than that. But it's a big problem in Georgia and it's not a problem that's going away. I mean, you know, it's not a problem that's going away.
特朗普：Well, you better check the ballots because they are shredding ballots, Ryan. I'm just telling you, Ryan. They're shredding ballots. And you should look at that very carefully. Because that's so illegal. You know, you may not even believe it because it's so bad. But they're shredding ballots because they think we're going to eventually get ... because we'll eventually get into Fulton. In my opinion it's never too late. ... So, that's the story. Look, we need only 11,000 votes. We have are far more than that as it stands now. We'll have more and more. And. Do you have provisional ballots at all, Brad? Provisional ballots?
拉芬斯佩格：Provisional ballots are allowed by state law.
特朗普：Sure, but I mean, are they counted or did you just hold them back because they, you know, in other words, how many provisional ballots do you have in the state?
拉芬斯佩格：We'll get you that number.
特朗普：Because most of them are made out to the name Trump. Because these are people that were scammed when they came in. And we have thousands of people that have testified or that want to testify when they came in they were probably going to vote on November 3. And they were told I'm sorry, you've already been voted for, you've already voted. The women, men started screaming, No. I proudly voted til November 3. They said, I'm sorry, but you've already been voted for and you have a ballot and these people are beside themselves. So they went out and they filled in a provisional ballot, putting the name Trump on it. And what about that batch of military ballots that came in. And even though I won the military by a lot, it was 100 percent Trump. I mean 100 percent Biden. Do you know about that? A large group of ballots came in. I think it was to Fulton County and they just happened to be 100 percent for Trump — for Biden, even though Trump won the military by a lot, you know, a tremendous amount. But these ballots were 100 percent for Biden. And, do you know about that? A very substantial number came in, all for Biden. Does anybody know about it?
爵曼尼：I don't know about that, I do know that we have when military ballots come in, it's not just military, it's also military and overseas citizens. The military part of that does generally go Republican. The overseas citizen part of it generally goes very Democrat. This was a mix of 'em.
特朗普：No, but this was. That's OK. But I got like 78 percent in the military. These ballots were all for ... They didn't tell me overseas. Could be overseas too, but I get votes overseas too, Ryan, you know in all fairness. No they came in, a large batch came in and it was, quote, 100 percent for Biden. And that is criminal. You know, that's criminal. OK. That's another criminal, that's another of the many criminal events, many criminal events here. Oh, I don't know, look Brad. I got to get ... I have to find 12,000 votes and I have them times a lot. And therefore, I won the state. That's before we go to the next step, which is in the process of right now. You know, and I watched you this morning and you said, uh, well, there was no criminality. But I mean, all of this stuff is very dangerous stuff. When you talk about no criminality, I think it's very dangerous for you to say that. I just, I just don't know why you don't want to have the votes counted as they are. Like even you when you went and did that check. And I was surprised because, you know ...the check... And we found a few thousand votes that were against me. I was actually surprised because the way that check was done, all you're doing is you know, recertifying existing votes and, you know, and you were given votes and you just counted them up and you still found 3,000 that were bad. So that was sort of surprising that it came down to three or five I don't know. still a lot of votes. But you have to go back to check from past years with respect to signatures. And if you check with Fulton County, you'll have hundreds of thousands because they dumped ballots into Fulton County and the other county next to it. So what are we going to do here folks? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break.
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Sullivan, Helen. Trump's phone call to Brad Raffensperger: six key points. 卫报. 2021-01-04 [2021-01-04]. （原始内容存档于2021-01-04）. 'You know what they did and you're not reporting it,' Trump said. 'You know, that's a criminal offense. And you know, you can't let that happen. That's a big risk to you and to Ryan [Germany], your lawyer. That's a big risk.' [...]
5. Trump may have committed a crime...] [Richard H Pildes, a constitutional law professor at New York University, told the Washington Post: "The president is either knowingly attempting to coerce state officials into corrupting the integrity of the election or is so deluded that he believes what he's saying." Trump's actions may have violated federal statutes, he said. [...]
Michael R Bromwich, a former federal prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, wrote: "Unless there are portions of the tape that somehow negate criminal intent, 'I just want to find 11,780 votes' and his threats against Raffensperger and his counsel violate 52 U.S. Code 20511.
52 U.S. Code § 20511 - Criminal penalties. [2021-01-05]. （原始内容存档于2021-01-04）. (2)knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by — (A)the procurement or submission of voter registration applications that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held; or (B) the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held
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