‘The story was a hoax’: Trump responds to Washington Post retraction on Georgia elections phone call

In both cases, the quotes were inaccurate, as The Post has acknowledged in a correction to the story. “Trump did not tell the investigator to ‘find the fraud’ or say she would be ‘a national hero’ if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find ‘dishonesty’ there. He also told her that she had ‘the most important job in the country right now,’” reads the correction.  On the recording, Trump never said, “find the fraud.”

Trump released a statement in regards to The Washington Post’s correction calling, “the original story was a hoax, right from the very beginning.”

He said the correction “immediately makes the Georgia Witch Hunt a non-story.”

“I would further appreciate a strong investigation into Fulton County, Georgia, and the Stacey Abrams political machine which, I believe, would totally change the course of the presidential election in Georgia,” he said.

“Fulton County has not been properly audited for vote or signature verification. They only looked at areas of the State where there most likely would be few problems, and even there they found large numbers of mistakes. We are seeking to find and reveal the large-scale election fraud which took place in Georgia.”

Trump then focused on the media.  “You will notice that establishment media errors, omissions, mistakes and outright lies always slant one way – against me and against Republicans,” he said.

“Meanwhile, stories that hurt Democrats or undermine their narratives are buried, ignored, or delayed until they can do the least harm – for example, after an election is over. Look no further than the negative coverage of the vaccine that preceded the election and the overdue celebration of the vaccine once the election had concluded.

“A strong democracy requires a fair and honest press. This latest media travesty underscores that legacy media outlets should be regarded as political entities – not journalistic enterprises. In any event, I thank The Washington Post for the correction.”