DC - Former President Donald Trump indicted, 4 federal counts in 2020 election interference, 1 Aug 2023, Trial 4 Mar 2024 #2

[Inthedetails]

The last half'ish part of the document addresses the immunity issue and makes the case that the defendant is not immune from the charges made against him.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.252.0.pdf

 

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Getting them ready for Jan. 6? IMO

For sure. But now I'm thinking maybe the rally was for that run-off election in GA? I don't recall when that was? So maybe it was a legit rally for others, but used by the defendant for selfish reasons.

jmo

 

[Kemug]

It is almost unbelievable how much this "man" should have to answer for.

 

[vls12345]

Page 40 refers to the defendant having a political rally in Georgia on December 6. WHY? The election was over. Trump was repeatedly told he lost, state by state. Why have a political rally, except to rile up the crowd with misinformation?

jmo

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.252.0.pdf

Getting them ready for Jan. 6? IMO

For sure. But now I'm thinking maybe the rally was for that run-off election in GA? I don't recall when that was? So maybe it was a legit rally for others, but used by the defendant for selfish reasons.

jmo

Yes, it was (supposedly) to stump for Perdue and Loeffler in GA during the runoffs in GA.

Trump makes multiple false claims in first campaign rally since election loss

President Trump, who has refused to concede the election, appeared at a rally for Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

www.cbsnews.com

In a rambling, unfocused speech on Saturday, President Trump aired grievances about the November election during a campaign rally ostensibly meant to boost Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of their runoff elections on January 5. In his first campaign event since losing the presidential election last month, Mr. Trump continued to deny President-elect Joe Biden's victory, instead peddling falsehoods about voter fraud and baselessly claiming the election was rigged.

 

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"An FBI Computer Analysis Response Team forensic examiner can testify about “the news and social media applications” on Trump’s phone, Smith wrote in the filing, “and can describe the activity occurring on the phone throughout the afternoon of January 6.”

Those logs show that Trump “was using his phone, and in particular, was using the Twitter application, consistently throughout the day after he returned from the Ellipse speech.”

Smith said that three unidentified witnesses are also prepared to testify that on the afternoon of January 6, the television in the White House dining room where Trump spent much of the day was “on and tuned into news programs that were covering in real time the ongoing events in the Capitol.”

That testimony would allow prosecutors to show a future jury what Trump saw unfolding on TV while he made comments and posted online that afternoon."

Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing

 

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“So what?” the filing quotes Trump as telling an aide after being advised that his vice president, Mike Pence, had been rushed to a secure location after a crowd of violent Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 to try to prevent the counting of electoral votes.

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“The details don’t matter,” Trump said, when told by an adviser that a lawyer who was mounting his legal challenges wouldn’t be able to prove the false allegations in court, the filing states.

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In one instance, a campaign employee .. a Trump co-conspirator .. was told that results favoring Democrat Joe Biden at a Michigan polling center appeared accurate. The person is alleged to have replied: “find a reason it isn't” and “give me options to file litigation.”

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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”

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That “steady stream of disinformation” in the weeks after the election culminated in his speech at the Ellipse on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021 ... 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” .... His “personal desperation was at its zenith” that morning

Read Jack Smith’s unsealed court filing that says Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ after 2020 election

 

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"The filing from Smith is divided into four parts.
The first part lays out the evidence against Trump, including information that was included in the indictment against him.
The second section details the legal issues surrounding presidential immunity, followed by a section that "establishes that nothing the Government intends to present to the jury is protected by presidential immunity."
The final portion details what the government is asking the court to do, namely to rule that Trump must stand trial."


"Smith's brief argues that Trump's scheme to remain in power for a second term "was a private criminal effort," not one that involved official conduct, and that Trump tried to overturn the election in his capacity as a candidate — not as president."

Key takeaways from special counsel Jack Smith's major filing in Trump's 2020 election case

 

[Inthedetails]

Yes, it was (supposedly) to stump for Perdue and Loeffler in GA during the runoffs in GA.

Trump makes multiple false claims in first campaign rally since election loss

President Trump, who has refused to concede the election, appeared at a rally for Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

www.cbsnews.com

Thanks for confirming that (and helping foggy memories). It's been four years and we're still slogging through this.

jmo