As with the House Jan. 6 committee's final report on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Trump's indictment is notable in that the evidence of criminal activity comes almost exclusively from Republicans sympathetic to Trump who testified under oath.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger addresses a news conference in Atlanta on Dec. 14, 2020. Again and again, the indictment makes clear first, that Trump repeatedly lied to the American people that fraud had cost him victory in the 2020 election and second, that members of his staff, many of whom testified before the grand jury, told him there was no evidence to back up his claims.When Trump spoke with Raffensperger on Jan.
On Jan. 6, Trump went on to claim publicly and without evidence that 10,300 dead people had voted in Georgia.At a Jan. 3, 2021, meeting between Trump and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Trump appeared to acknowledge his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Milley briefed Trump on national security situations, advising that the president refrain from taking any action, since he was only 17 days from leaving office.
Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney general, testifies on June 23, 2022, to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “When the Acting Attorney General told the Defendant that the Justice Department could not and would not change the outcome of the election, the Defendant responded, ‘Just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen,’” the indictment states.Former Vice President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Mike Pence addresses the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines last Friday.
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