interestingly of course that will almost certainly mean a bi-election and an interesting test of whether this transition to a new leader has made a difference. his constituency is quite vulnerable. and so not only might boris johnson end up resigning the premiereship but he could also cost his party another seat in parliament and i think that that would be a harbinger of things to come for the conservatives if that were to happen. they would be very worried about that. so just to clarify for everyone tuning in, boris johnson is finally going to resign. it came under came after, you know, face-to-face really with his cabinet. he didn t meet them all in one go yesterday, he met them one by
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questioning these officials from the state of georgia, who will describe what happened to them in the days that followed the election, as it became clear thatjoe biden was going to win georgia and donald trump was not. we know about the phone call between donald trump and mr raffensperger because the washington post got a copy of it and published it. let s have a listen as matters begin. the published it. let s have a listen as matters begin- published it. let s have a listen as matters begin. published it. let s have a listen as matters beuin. .., , matters begin. the committee will be in order. matters begin. the committee will be in order- the matters begin. the committee will be in order. the former matters begin. the committee will be in order. the former president - matters begin. the committee will be in order. the former president had i in order. the former president had an obsession with georgia. here is the president on the afternoon of january 6, after his own attorney g
their desk. the man in the middle in their desk. the man in the middle in the red tie, mr raffensperger, he is georgia s top election official. that is relevant because donald trump spoke to him after the election was complete, encouraging him to alter the result, which projected joe biden as the winner of the state of georgia in the election, encouraging them to find more votes, and he has become a crucialfigure in the more votes, and he has become a crucial figure in the story of how donald trump promoted false claims about how the election was stolen and attempted to insert pressure on and attempted to insert pressure on a range of ways, on people who may or may not have been able to influence that result. georgia is particularly relevant because, like a number of other states, it is a close opting in the us president election. there are some states we always know where it will go california is always going to go with the democratic candidate but in the case of arizona and georg