Georgia election official urges Trump to rein in supporters

A top Georgia election official has lashed out at the rhetoric surrounding last month’s United States presidential vote and the threats of violence that have resulted, urging President Donald Trump to rein in his supporters and tell them not to commit acts of violence.

Gabriel Sterling admonished the president and Georgia’s two US senators, who are both locked in tight runoff races against Democrats and who called on Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to resign over claims that he mishandled the election.

A top Georgia election official has lashed out at the rhetoric surrounding last month’s United States presidential vote and the threats of violence that have resulted, urging President Donald Trump to rein in his supporters and tell them not to commit acts of violence.

Gabriel Sterling admonished the president and Georgia’s two US senators, who are both locked in tight runoff races against Democrats and who called on Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to resign over claims that he mishandled the election.

‘Death threats’

Sterling said his anger boiled over when he learned that a contractor with Dominion Voting Systems helping with the recount effort in suburban Gwinnett County received death threats after someone shot a video of him transferring a report to a county computer and falsely said he was manipulating election data.

“There’s a noose out there with his name on it. That’s not right,” Sterling said, adding that the contractor did not seek the spotlight by taking a high-profile position like Sterling or run for office like Raffensperger.

“This kid took a job. He just took a job.”