Republican presidential candidate and former US President Trump campaigned at manufacturer FALK Production in Walker, Michigan, USA on September 27, 2024.
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A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a motion from special counsel Jack Smith detailing evidence against former President Donald Trump in his criminal election interference case in Washington, D.C.
Smith filed the 165-page document as part of his argument that Trump could still be prosecuted for his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election despite a Supreme Court ruling that he has presidential immunity for official acts. .
The motion says that after the November election, as Trump “claimed without evidence (ballot fraud), his personal operatives sought to sow confusion rather than seek clarification at polling places where states continued to count votes.”
The document states that on November 4, 2020, a Trump campaign employee and “co-conspirator” tried to cause chaos in the vote counting at the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan, which “appeared to be detrimental to Trump.”
When a colleague of the unidentified campaign staffer told the person that a batch of ballots appeared to heavily support Joe Biden, the staffer responded by “finding a reason not to support” and “giving me the option of filing a lawsuit.” Even if it is,” the document said.
“When colleagues suggested that there would be Brooks Brothers-style riots during the 2000 election count in Florida, campaign staff “responded with ‘Let them riot’ and ‘Do it!
The document also provides numerous examples of how then-Vice President Mike Pence allegedly tried to “gradually and gently” persuade Trump to accept his election defeat.
Documents show that on November 7, 2020, when major news media reported on Biden’s campaign, Pence “tried to encourage” Trump, saying “you gave life to a dying party.”
During a private lunch on Nov. 12, Pence offered Trump a way to end the challenge while saving face: “Don’t concede, but acknowledge that (the) process is over,” prosecutors wrote.
Four days later, Pence allegedly tried to urge Trump to accept the election results and run again in 2024 during another private lunch.
“I don’t know, 2024 is still far away,” Trump responded, according to the documents.
The document states that on December 21, Pence allegedly “encouraged” Trump “not to view this election as ‘a failure—just a pause.'”
Later that day, Trump asked Pence in the Oval Office: “What do you think we should do?”
Pence responded that if all options were exhausted and “we still fell short, (the defendants) should take a bow,” according to the documents.
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