Unsealed: Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ in order to stay in office after 2020 election result [Video]

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FORMER US PRESIDENT Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” after losing the 2020 election, prosecutors said in a court filing unsealed today that argues he is not entitled to immunity from prosecution over his failed bid to remain in power.

The filing was submitted by special counsel Jack Smith’s team following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents for official acts they take in office.

The decision narrowed the scope of the prosecution in charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the results of the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

The purpose of the brief is to convince US District Judge Tanya Chutkan that the offences charged in the indictment are private, rather than official, acts and can therefore remain part of the indictment as the case moves forward.

Those include efforts to persuade former vice president Mike Pence to refuse to certify the counting of …