Associated Press
Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” after losing the 2020 election, federal prosecutors said in a court filing unsealed Wednesday that argues that the former President disregarded the advice of his Vice President and other aides and is not entitled to immunity from prosecution over his failed bid to remain in power.
The filing was submitted by Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former Presidents for official acts they take in office, narrowing the scope of the prosecution charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the results of the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
The purpose of the brief is to convince U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan that the offenses charged in the indictment are private, rather than official, acts and can therefore remain part of the indictment as the case moves forward.
“Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one,” Smith’s team said, adding, “When the defendant lost the 2020 presidential election, he resorted to crimes to try to stay in office.”
Those include efforts to persuade former Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the counting of the electoral votes on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021.
The filing includes details of conversations between Trump and Pence, including a private lunch the two had on Nov. 12, 2020, in which Pence “reiterated a face-saving option” for Trump, telling him, “don’t concede but recognize the process is over,” according to prosecutors.
In another private lunch days later, Pence urged Trump to accept the results of the election and run again in 2024.
“I don’t know, 2024 is so far off,” Trump told him, according to the filing.
But Trump “disregarded” Pence “in the same way he disregarded dozens of court decisions that unanimously rejected his and his allies’ legal claims, and that he disregarded officials in the targeted states — including those in his own party — who stated publicly that he had lost and that his specific fraud allegations were false,” prosecutors wrote.
Trump’s “steady stream of disinformation” in the weeks after the election culminated in his speech at the Ellipse on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, in which Trump “used these lies to inflame and motivate the large and angry crowd of his supporters to march to the Capitol and disrupt the certification proceeding,” prosecutors wrote.
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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
38 comments
The Take
October 2, 2024 at 6:27 pm
LOCK HIM UP !
Billy Rotberg
October 2, 2024 at 7:18 pm
No prison exists that complies with secret service protocol and the presidential protection act. You will have to go through the GOP controlled senate to change that. Violating the aforementioned is in itself multiple felonies. Go for it! The “No one is above the law” claim shall be debunked, again.
yew oweme
October 2, 2024 at 7:48 pm
BILLY BOY, any prison can be converted to house ” special ” prisoners. you’re an idiot.
Billy Rotberg
October 3, 2024 at 11:45 am
Incorrect again Rick. I see you are still incapable of behaving like an adult. Your childish name calling is dismissed.
Rick and Zed's gay man sex emporium
October 3, 2024 at 11:51 am
Slow day at the emporium?
A Day without MAGA
October 3, 2024 at 5:15 am
Mar a Lago would make a nice prison for Trump,a Judge has the final say over the Secret Service
Billy Rotberg
October 3, 2024 at 11:46 am
Judges are not permitted to break laws. You will have to go through the legislature.
Michael K
October 3, 2024 at 6:14 pm
Apparently, only Republican US presidents are allowed to break laws.
Billy Rotberg
October 3, 2024 at 6:54 pm
Apparently, Biden receives special treatment for classified document crimes.
My Take
October 3, 2024 at 11:53 am
One hopes he will not be president when locked up.
In any case, house arrest in an officer’s house on a secured military base has been suggested.
Billy Rotberg
October 3, 2024 at 2:17 pm
By who?
My Take
October 3, 2024 at 2:54 pm
House arrests don’t need a “by” in immediate proximity.
And the SS would be there.
It’s “by whom” btw.
Billy Rotberg
October 3, 2024 at 5:55 pm
Suggested by who? You failed to answer the question.
My Take
October 3, 2024 at 11:54 am
If he’s so immune from prison, why is he so worried about it?
PeterH
October 3, 2024 at 12:10 pm
It will be easier for the secret service to monitor Trump in prison than on his escapades, family outings and golf courses surrounded by highways.
Billy Rotberg
October 3, 2024 at 3:24 pm
You seem to not be able to grasp the “No prison exists that complies” part. Compliance means being in the same room as per protocol/rules. How do you get an agent to also be locked up?
yew oweme
October 4, 2024 at 5:38 pm
BILLY BOY, any prison complies when you change the compliance stipulations. desantis is a master at that. i thought you thought you knew what was going on.
Billy Rotberg
October 3, 2024 at 3:37 pm
For the side that makes the “No one is above the law” claim you folks sure advocate illegal acts a lot. I see a pattern here.
"E"
October 2, 2024 at 6:42 pm
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A day without Libturds
October 2, 2024 at 7:14 pm
4 years later and still no convictions.
yew oweme
October 2, 2024 at 7:55 pm
TURDLIP, lady justice does not wear a watch . there is still plenty of time to prosecute. often, a crime is charged days before the statute of limitation runs out. mark medows is one of the crooks i’m waiting to see get arrested and convicted. of course trump the big orange turd, has his day coming too.
Rick and Zed's gay man sex emporium
October 3, 2024 at 11:50 am
Rick was abused sexually by the VC. Truth is, he enjoyed it so he wants everyone else to be converted, just like he was.
Michael
October 2, 2024 at 8:17 pm
$100 million in legal fees so far buys a lot of delay time….same for anyone who can pay lawyers. But speaking of paying lawyers, the Save America PAC is running low….time for MAGAts to pony up some more money. Or just give it to Trump directly…that 100k watch with the tourbillon is pretty gas.
ScienceBLVR
October 2, 2024 at 8:26 pm
So the old rooster’s a crowing and shucks, just check out those Magackickens coming home to roost!
Cindy
October 2, 2024 at 8:32 pm
Because they super dudes …super dudes… it’s kinda funky.
With smiling faces …smiling faces sometimes…
"E"
October 3, 2024 at 7:19 am
Good Morn ‘Ting Un-Decided Voters,
This lame @ss Lawfare “October Supprise” is all the Democrats could think of.
Nobody’s buying into this tired old Already Adjuicated In Trumps Favor RE-RUN.
Thank you Un-Decided Voters, for rejecting the Lame @ss Demon-Crats and for your support of Trump.
This Lawfare Trickery is so Lame & Transparent & Foolish that I, The Sage “E” [FKA ELVIS – FKA EARL] am going to go ahead and call the election now.
“E” PONTIFICATES IN HIS BIG “BULL OF THE WOODS VOICE”:
“LADIES AND GENTELMEN I, The Sage “E” [FKA ELVIS – FKA EARL], HEREBY GIVE YOU OUR NEXT POTUS, DONALD J. TRUMP”.
And the croud “GOES WILD”,
Thank you, Un-Decided Voters,
“E”
yew oweme
October 4, 2024 at 6:43 pm
EARL, you old liar, you know lawfare is a fake maga word. we don’t go for maga lies earl, you do. believe them all you want. your schtick is moldy earl.
Michael K
October 3, 2024 at 8:33 am
So…
The former president decided, long before ballots were cast, that he would declare himself the winner before the votes were counted, regardless of the actual outcome.
Sixty-three frivolous lawsuits based on fabricated lies failed – and all 50 state governors certified the election results. But…
Instead of accepting his fate, the president schemed to hang on to power, culminating in his instigation of a violent riot at the US Capital that injured 140 police officers and did millions of dollars of damage.
The former president is the first in modern history to refuse to participate in the peaceful transfer of power despite the revisionist history we heard from his running mate on Tuesday.
Under normal circumstances, criminal lies, deceit and a violent attempt to overturn an election would be disqualifying, But here we are.
"E"
October 3, 2024 at 8:51 am
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If you love “Dook 4 Brains Leftist Lies, just read Michael K’s “Dook Lies” above.
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AND THAT IS “THE REST OF THE STORY:
Thank you, Un-Decided Voters,
“E”
Swiss Miss
October 3, 2024 at 9:37 am
Let’s wait until next February, when the Republican-majority Congress, at President Trump’s request, is undertaking a full, public and no-holds-barred inquiry into the 2020 election, the Democratic National Committee is taking bids on its office space for sale, and Merrick Garland has disappeared into the Swiss mountains.
Michael K
October 3, 2024 at 10:47 am
Of course. The fascist coup.
A day without Libturds
October 3, 2024 at 1:18 pm
Worst so called coup ever. They’d be armed with machine guns if it was a real coup, shit for brains.
Ocean Joe
October 3, 2024 at 8:09 pm
To quote you, “cut the crap.” Anybody who watched what went on knows damn well the mob was sent there by and on behalf of Trump for the purpose of halting and preventing the delivery of the electoral votes and the acceptance of the results of the election. You didn’t watch.
Ocean Joe
October 3, 2024 at 8:02 pm
The Alps is missing it’s village idiot.
KathrynA
October 3, 2024 at 1:47 pm
So true and so obvious this is what happened from the election 2020 and all that has been discovered from his calls, court cases involving his inner circle and so much more. He and the Supreme Court have done everything to prevent him from being tried. What a sickening man–all about himself and nothing about democracy, the Constitution or following the rule of law. It’s called authoritarianism like his friends: Maduro and Putin.
Billy Rotberg
October 3, 2024 at 3:51 pm
Maduro rules in a country that has all the gun control democrats crave. Your comment makes no sense.
PeterH
October 3, 2024 at 12:13 pm
Every American should watch the Republican interviews in HBO’s STOP THE STEAL.
A day without Libturds
October 3, 2024 at 1:20 pm
Every American should read up on Biden’s pal senator tim kaine and his antifa son Linwood. Justice is only for you peasants, not the elite.
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