My favorite aspect of where we are as a nation right now is how a left leaning media outlet can portray this so vastly different from a right leaning media outlet. There are way too many assumptions that anyone and everyone republican are knee deep in conspiracy theories vs confused as to what to actually believe given how far apart media seems to be on EVERY SINGLE ISSUE. I can imagine people on the left suffer the same dilemma.
There were multiple people on the call, inclusive of attorneys from both plaintiff and defendant, WH chief of staff etc so if deemed illegal then I'm sure appropriate action will be taken against him and all of those people can and will be subpoenaed to testify.
That said, when you listen to the entire call it's mentioned that it's a "settlement" call which one would assume is regarding the litigation pending in GA court. There are multiple requests for information coming from Trump attorneys asking GA attorneys/state officials to release the investigation reports, there are questions regarding the fraud accusations and the real mention of course of action was around shredding ballots which is actually punishable by law.........so it seems like the call wasn't some off the cuff call where Trump threatened to take anyone to the Wachovia parking lot.
The idea that he is threatening him on a call with that many attorneys and the WHCOS participating seems a bit much but I guess it's subjective to how you interpret the call maybe when you listen to 4 minutes of a 60 minute call.
At this point, I'm ready for him to fade off into the sunset and reset. Clearly we won't ever fix the divide at this rate but in all honesty, I have very little faith 4 years of Biden is going to resolve that either. As a nation, we will continue to run down the path that one side is better than the other when in reality, they both suck.
The problem here is calling two respected media outlets who follow strict journalistic standards and HAVE THE TAPE (the WP and AJC, who both broke this story) with crazy, right-wing, pro-Trump media sites.
It's not left-wing and right-wing. It's non-partisan, and pro-Trump. IN THIS VERY CALL, Trump calls the "right-wing" sources that you cite "Trump media." Trump himself confirms that these sources are propaganda.
Also, this was not a "settlement" call - that is a lie created by the Trumpists after the fact:
And if you don't believe that, if it was a settlement call, then why, near the end of the tape, does one of Trump's lawyers ask Raffensberger's team if they will "sit down with us in a compromise and settlements proceeding"?
If it's a settlement discussion then you don't need to ask to have a settlement discussion!
Interpretation of this tape is really not subjective if you listen to the whole thing, as I have. It is very clear that Trump is illegally threatening the GA SOS - from his own party - to improperly change the election results and declare him the winner. It's plain as day, and every legitimate news source has reported it that way;.
THIS is the biggest problem with America right now. The right has created their own media ecosystem that is in an entirely false reality. Then they call any legitimate, non-partisan source "left-wing" and reject reality as "fake news."
You are hardly the worst perpetrator of this, Jake, but you ARE echoing their bullshit by calling legitimate, non-partisan sources "left-wing" and equating them with truly right-wing sources like Fox, OANN, and Newsmax.