In one alleged instance cited in the filing, a campaign employee deliberately “sought to create chaos” at a polling site where votes were still being tabulated.
“When the colleague suggested that there was about to be unrest reminiscent of the Brooks Brothers Riot, a violent effort to stop the vote count in Florida after the 2000 presidential election, [the campaign employee] responded, “Make them riot” and “Do it!!” the filing says.
Trump allegedly described claims of voter fraud as ‘crazy’
According to prosecutors, Trump privately remarked that claims of voter fraud made by a co-conspirator — identified by ABC News as Sidney Powell — were “crazy,” despite adopting and amplifying the same allegations as he pushed to overturn the election results.
Trump’s remark followed a November 2020 press conference when Powell and Rudy Giuliani — lawyers leading Trump’s election lawsuits — spread baseless conspiracy theories to prove Trump won the election “by a landslide,” including by alleging that election …