(CNN) President Donald Trump last month urged the chief investigator for the Georgia secretary of state's office to "find the fraud" in the 2020 presidential election, telling the individual that they would be a "national hero," according to a source with knowledge of the call. Despite Trump's insistence, his own administration and state election officials across the country have found no evidence of widespread fraud in the election. The phone call with the investigator happened in December more than a week before Trump's January 2 call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, according to the source. The Post reported that the "lengthy" phone call was on December 23, citing a person familiar with the call. Raffensperger confirmed to the Post that Trump had placed the call, but said he wasn't familiar with the specifics of the conversation between his office's chief investigator and the President.

Source: CNN January 09, 2021 19:18 UTC