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5 revelations from unprecedented filing in Trump Jan. 6 case
Special counsel Jack Smith laid out a detailed road map to his federal 2020 election subversion case against former President Trump in unprecedented court documents that were unsealed Wednesday, just about a month before the presidential election. -snip
Trump showed disregard for Pence’s safety
It was previously known that Trump showed little regard for the safety of Vice President Mike Pence as a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol, but two new details revealed in Smith’s filing underlined that fact. -snipTrump’s knowledge of false election claims
The filing expands on earlier allegations from prosecutors that Trump was well aware that his claims the election was stolen were false. -snipPence-Trump conversations
The filing fleshes out Pence’s pushback to Trump’s sustained campaign to get the vice president to buck his ceremonial duty to certify the election results. -snipChaos at the polls
In the weeks after the election, Trump’s team sought to “create chaos” at polling places where votes were still being tabulated, Smith revealed in the filing. -snipRonna McDaniel’s role
Details about the role of Ronna McDaniel — who chaired the Republican National Committee at the time — in the aftermath of the election also emerged in Smith’s new court papers.During a meeting with Michigan GOP leaders, Trump dialed McDaniel into the call, despite her request not to participate on the advice of legal counsel who warned it could be viewed as lobbying, per the filing. -snip
And Trumpers won't care, because this is how a cult works.
“We could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial. It would grind government to a halt.” -Trump 2016
"If she were to win, it would create an unprecedented Constitutional crisis that would cripple the operations of our government. She is likely to be under investigation for many years, and also it will probably end up – in my opinion – in a criminal trial. I mean, you take a look. Who knows? But it certainly looks that way. -Trump 2016
She has no right to be running, you know that. No right.” -Trump 20116