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CNN published a story on August 13, 2023 linked here with the following facts:
**** Missey Hampton, the top election official in Coffee County, made a statement in an election board meeting after the election that Dominion voting machines could be manipulated, attracting interest from the Trump team.
**** In early December, Hampton delayed Georgia's certification of its electoral votes due to her alleged concerns.
**** The claims involving Coffee County and their machines were discussed in an Oval Office meeting on December 18, 2020 with Trump present.
**** Between December 18 and January 1, Hampton wrote a letter inviting Trump officials to come to Coffee County for investigations.
**** A copy of the Hampton letter was shared by Katherine Friess -- an attorney working for Guiliani, Powell and outside contractors hired specifically to look at Coffee County -- with Bernard Kerik who was roaming the country under Giuliani's direction looking for claims of voting fraud that could be used to bolster Trump's case.
**** Hampton and fellow county election official Cathy Latham then granted access to election facilities and actual voting machines for Trump's team.
**** The outside team actually arrived in Coffee County on January 7, 2021, AFTER the Capital riot.
All of these events are backed up with text messages between the parties, surveillance video in the facilities and the actual letter from Hampton. - WTH
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Wow, thank you for that. Given that irrefutable timeline (reported by CNN after all), it is entirely reasonable that Trump would have suspicions about the integrity of the Georgia results at the time. Only later did it become apparent that Hampton's suspicions were not supported.
