RECAP: Trump ‘pursued multiple criminal means to overturn election’ new special counsel filing claims
Special counsel Jack Smith has outlined a sprawling criminal case against Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election, detailing for the first time the former president’s “increasingly desperate efforts” to cling to power with “knowingly false claims of election fraud.”
Trump intentionally lied to voters, election officials, and his own vice president Mike Pence in what amounted to a criminal effort to stay in office, culminating in his failure to stop a mob that tried to do it with violence, according to the document filed in federal court in Washington DC on Wednesday.
Alex Woodward has been closely following the case for The Independent and has the details.
Oliver O’Connell2 October 2024 23:00
Special counsel filing details attempts by Pence to get Trump to accept election loss
Oliver O’Connell2 October …