The media this morning are reporting what they seem to think is more evidence that Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election or something.

This is from the Washington Post, via MSN:

In a phone call in late 2020, President Donald Trump tried to pressure Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to overturn the state’s presidential election results, saying that if enough fraudulent votes could be found it would overcome Trump’s narrow loss in Arizona, according to three people familiar with the call.

Trump also repeatedly asked Vice President Mike Pence to call Ducey and prod him to find the evidence to substantiate Trump’s claims of fraud, according to two of these people. Pence called Ducey several times to discuss the election, they said, though he did not follow Trump’s directions to pressure the governor.

Was it pressure to ‘overturn’ Arizona’s election results, or was it pressure to expose election fraud in the state so that it might change the outcome? Even from the first paragraph, it simply suggests Trump believed there were fraudulent votes cast and he wanted Ducey to force a recount to find them. What is wrong with that??

It turns out that it was a ‘donor’ who leaked this to the Washington Post. Ducey hasn’t gone on the record about this:

Ducey described the “pressure” he was under after Trump’s loss to a prominent Republican donor over a meal in Arizona earlier this year, according to the donor, who like others interviewed for this story spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. The account was confirmed by others aware of the call. Ducey told the donor he was surprised that special counsel Jack Smith’s team had not inquired about his phone calls with Trump and Pence as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into the former president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, the donor said.

Ducey did not record the call, people familiar with the matter said.

Now out of public office, the former governor declined through a spokesman to answer specific questions about his interactions with Trump and his administration.

“This is neither new nor is it news to anyone following this issue the last two years,” spokesman Daniel Scarpinato said in a statement. “Governor Ducey defended the results of Arizona’s 2020 election, he certified the election, and he made it clear that the certification provided a trigger for credible complaints backed by evidence to be brought forward. None were ever brought forward. The Governor stands by his action to certify the election and considers the issue to be in the rear view mirror.”

I agree with Ducy’s spokesman that there is nothing newsworthy here. It’s just another attempt by the media to try and create a scandal out of thin air when it comes to Trump. Nothing to see here.