Trump and the federal election case against him: Key passages from...

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75% : When news organizations, including The Associated Press, called the election for Biden on Nov. 7, Pence saw it as an opportunity to "encourage" Trump "as a friend," reminding him that he "took a dying political party and gave it a new lease on life," prosecutors wrote.
57% : "I´m gonna have to say you did a great disservice," Trump said.
50% : Trump "did exactly that" immediately following the election, prosecutors said.
43% : One of the most illuminating sections of the filing details the relentless pressure campaign that Trump and his allies enlisted against Pence, beginning well before Election Day and running up to the final minutes of the Jan. 6, 2021, certification of President Joe Biden´s win.
42% : It was only after advisers again urged Trump to do something about the riot that he sent a Tweet encouraging his supporters to support law enforcement and "stay peaceful," prosecutors wrote.
38% : Trump responded: "The details don't matter," according to prosecutors.
37% : The aide was hoping Trump would "take action to secure Trump's safety," prosecutors wrote.
37% : Prosecutors say they will present "forensic evidence" from Trump's cellphone and testimony from witnesses to show how Trump spent the afternoon of Jan. 6 on Twitter and watching TV coverage of the riot while his aides pressed him to make a public statement to quell the violence.
35% : Alone in the dining room, Trump then sent a Tweet attacking Pence for not having the "courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify.
32% : A few days later, when Trump and his allies were still strategizing ways to overcome the defeat, Pence again reiterated that the next presidential election in 2024 was "not so far off.
26% : Prosecutors say Trump disregarded those assurances just like he disregarded "dozens of court decisions that unanimously rejected his and his allies´ legal claims.
25% : Prosecutors are trying to show that Trump knew his election fraud claims were bogus because many in his circle told him that there was no fraud and that he actually lost the election.
21% : (AP Photo/Andy Manis)Prosecutors allege Trump started laying the foundation for his illegal scheme well before election day, refusing to say in the months leading up to it whether he would accept the results and suggesting he could only lose if there was fraud.
20% : Prosecutors say they will introduce evidence that shows Trump and his allies "made up figures from whole cloth" about election fraud, detailing how they repeatedly changed their baseless claims on the numbers of noncitizens voting in Arizona.
19% : The filing unsealed Wednesday provides a glimpse into the evidence and testimony prosecutors plan to present if the case accusing Trump of an illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election ever reaches trial.
13% : As Trump's supporters began attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 to stop the counting of the electoral votes, an aide rushed in to tell Trump that Pence had been taken to a secure location.
9% : "In one key moment detailed in the filing, prosecutors say a lawyer who represented Trump during his first impeachment trial told Trump that his election fraud claims wouldn't survive in court.
7% : "When Pence refused on Dec. 28 to support the various legal cases being pursued by Trump and his close allies in Congress, the filing states that Trump told his vice president that "hundreds of thousands" of people "are gonna hate your guts" and "people are gonna think you´re stupid."

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