Stephen Colbert is discussing a leaked phone call between then-President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. In the call, Trump asks Raffensperger to "find" 11,780 votes to change the outcome of the presidential election in Georgia. Trump also spreads conspiracy theories about voting machines and claims that dead people voted. Raffensperger and his lawyer, Ryan Germany, patiently debunk Trump's claims and refuse to give in to his demands. Trump threatens them with prosecution, which Colbert notes is likely a crime under US law. The segment ends with Colbert expressing sympathy for Raffensperger and Germany for having to deal with Trump's behavior.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The host is Stephen Colbert, and he is discussing a phone call between President Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
2. The phone call took place on a Saturday.
3. President Trump asked Raffensperger to find 11,780 votes to change the outcome of the presidential election in Georgia.
4. Raffensperger oversaw Georgia's presidential election, as well as the recount and the recount of the recount.
5. Each of these counts verified that Joe Biden won the state of Georgia.
6. President Trump claimed that he won Georgia based on rally size, but Raffensperger pointed out that rally size does not determine the winner of an election.
7. President Trump knew the exact margin by which he lost Georgia, which was 11,779 votes.
8. Raffensperger stated that there were only two instances of dead people voting in Georgia, not the 5,000 claimed by President Trump.
9. Raffensperger's lawyer, Ryan Germany, explained that people who had moved out of Georgia but then moved back were legally voting in the state.
10. President Trump threatened Raffensperger and his lawyer with prosecution if they did not find the votes he needed to win.
11. A former Justice Department inspector general tweeted that President Trump's actions on the call may have been illegal.
12. President Trump made 18 attempts to call Raffensperger before they finally connected on Saturday.
13. The date of the events being discussed is January 2021.