A new court brief released on Wednesday alleges that Donald Trump “turned to crimes to stay in office” after losing the 2020 US presidential election.
former president of the United States, Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” His attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 election failed, federal prosecutors said in an unsealed court filing Wednesday. In the document, the former president There is no right to immunity judicial.
presenting the document special consultant team Jack Smith was appointed to investigate a case in which he had a conflict of interest with the prosecutor’s office, following a Supreme Court decision granting former presidents broad immunity for actions they took while in office.
This narrowed the scope of the accusation Who accuses Trump of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Although a lengthy congressional investigation and impeachment inquiry detailed Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, the court brief cites previously unknown accounts from Trump’s closest aides. They also animate A president who is “increasingly desperate” As he lost control of the White House, he “used deception to target every stage of the election process.”
The purpose of the briefing is to convince District Judge Tanya Chutkan that the crimes charged in the indictment are true. These are private and informal actionsThis way, they can continue to be part of the prosecution as the case progresses. These included efforts to persuade former Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the recount of electoral votes on the afternoon of January 6, 2021.
Smith’s team’s arguments
“Although the defendant was the sitting president at the time of the defendant’s conspiracies, his plan was basically specialSmith’s team said: “Working with a team of private collaborators, the defendant, through fraud and deception, posed as a candidate while employing multiple criminal methods to disrupt the government function in which data is collected and votes are counted, a function in which the defendant had no official role as president.”
“When the defendant lost the 2020 presidential election, resorted to crimes trying to stay in office,” the letter adds.
Although the prospect of a trial is uncertain (especially if Trump wins the presidency and a new attorney general requests that the case be dismissed), the brief still serves as a defense. road map for testimonies and evidence that prosecutors will present to the jury.
Now it’s up to Chutkan to decide which of Trump’s actions are official and why Trump is official. exempt from charges— and what, as Smith’s team puts it, are the “specific crimes” on which the case could move forward?
