What to Know About Jack Smith's Filing in the Trump 2020 Election Case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Trump told advisors that he would "simply declare victory before all the ballots were counted," according to testimony documented in the motion.
52% : "Shortly after, an aide rushed in and told Trump that Pence had to be taken to a secure location.
50% : Trump then tweeted on Jan. 6, 2020 "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution..."Prosecutors used forensic data and activity logs to determine that Trump was in the dining room outside the Oval Office watching Fox News when he sent that tweet.
41% : Most names were redacted by the judge:Trump was notified by his campaign advisors leading up to the presidential election that the result would be close and it was unlikely that a winner would be named on Election Day, according to the court filing.
37% : The judge in former President Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case unsealed a 165-page court filing giving readers a comprehensive look at the evidence prosecutors have obtained in their effort to prove Trump attempted to subvert the transfer of presidential power in 2020.
34% : Trump in August 2023 was charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, one count of obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and one count of conspiracy against rights.
33% : Following the election, then-Vice President Mike Pence had several conversations with Trump about the outcome of the election and told him he had seen "no evidence of outcome-determinative fraud" according to the court document.
27% : "Prosecutors said similar back-and-forth situations happened at polling stations across the country and Trump used those instances to claim that his supporters were being denied access, and fraud was occurring.
17% : Prosecutors said Trump tried to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss and undermine American democracy.
12% : At the time, Fox News was already covering the attack on the Capitol, indicating that Trump knew Pence was in danger when he sent the tweet, according to the filing.
11% : Trump's response: "So what?"Prosecutors argued in the motion that while Trump was president at the time of his alleged crimes, the actions he took were those of a presidential candidate, not a president.
4% : Pence "gradually and gently" tried to convince Trump to accept the outcome of the election, but ultimately Trump blamed Pence, in part.

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