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Trump: ‘It was my decision’ to buy into idea that 2020 election was rigged — ‘didn’t respect’ aides who told him he lost
The New York Post ^ | 09/17/2023 | Ryan King

Posted on 09/17/2023 2:54:25 PM PDT by thegagline

Donald Trump on Sunday said it was “my decision” to believe that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged” — saying he didn’t respect the aides and lawyers who’d told him he’d lost.

The former president, 77, was asked by NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” why he opted to ignore his “most senior lawyers” and campaign staffers about the election results.

“Because I didn’t respect them,” Trump replied.

Welker later asked the Republican frontrunner in the presidential primary whether he was “calling the shots … ultimately?”

“As to whether or not I believed it was rigged? Oh, sure,” Trump answered. “It was my decision. But I listened to some people.”

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Last month, Trump attorney John Lauro publicly emphasized that his client’s actions to thwart the election results were done under the advice of counsel.

“Everything that President Trump did was with the advice of lawyers and counsel,” Lauro told NBC. “That’s an absolute defense to a criminal case.”

“This is a protocol you can follow — it’s legal.” ***

“Trump just threw his whole ‘following my lawyers’ advice’ defense under the bus. No, let me correct that: — not just under the bus but under a roaring, speeding, ginormous freight train . . . .,” Harvard University professor emeritus Laurence Tribe***

“And here is where Trump loses his defense that he relied on his lawyers,” attorney and former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) said.

There goes the “advice of counsel” defense.

Seriously, if your defense *** is “@MZHemingway wrote a book” you know you’re going to lose at trial. https://t.co/8bfmW5Ku0S

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) September 17, 2023 “There goes the ‘advice of counsel’ defense. Seriously, if your defense to these charges is ‘@MZHemingway wrote a book’ you know you’re going to lose at trial,” ***attorney Bradley Moss said. ***

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: thegagline
"One of the worst kind of clients to have is one with a little knowledge but a lot of arrogance."

Are you a lawyer.?

41 posted on 09/17/2023 3:33:44 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
"At what point does this cross the line to narcissism?"

Trusting your own gut, and choosing to follow that, instead of listening to aides on the sideline? You consider that narcissism?

42 posted on 09/17/2023 3:34:39 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Olog-hai
You misunderstand. I didn't say the charges are false, I said they are nonsense. Many politicians as well as rich people are guilty of the tax charges and classified documents charges brought against Trump, but these charges are very rarely leveled because it's difficult to prove intent.

The problem becomes, TRUMP IS GIVING THEM HIS INTENT BY CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT THE CASES! These interviews will be used in court, and it's unbelievable that he's doing this.

43 posted on 09/17/2023 3:35:42 PM PDT by thefactor
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To: thefactor

“This man should never be allowed near the White House again.”

Is that you, Nancy? Or are you Liz?


44 posted on 09/17/2023 3:35:55 PM PDT by map
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To: hcmama
I thought his entire defense rested on the idea that he was acting on the advice of counsel?

It was until Trump blew it up. It isn’t a good idea for a criminal defendant to go on the news and talk about his case.

45 posted on 09/17/2023 3:36:51 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: unread
Are you a lawyer.?

Yes.

46 posted on 09/17/2023 3:37:46 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: odawg

“I went to bed that night wondering why the counting was called off simultaneouleously in those battle ground states and the next day I declared the election had been rigged and stolen.

Am I a narcissist?”

No. Anyone with an ounce of common sense and a still working brain cell knows the election was stolen. It’s just that the dishonest ones will never admit it.

Is Trump trying to be honest or noble here by taking all the blame off of his attorneys? If so, he is hurting his case in the process. That’s not how “defense” is supposed to work. I don’t get it. Trump is smarter than that. What could his motivation be?


47 posted on 09/17/2023 3:38:15 PM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: mass55th

No, but possessing the inability to take responsibility or admitting one has made a mistake is.

Clearly a Trump character flaw.


48 posted on 09/17/2023 3:39:17 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: married21
"he is being honest."

Yeah, lawyers hate that.. Lawyers will always prefer a good lie over the truth every time..

49 posted on 09/17/2023 3:39:58 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: thegagline

Another negative story from thegaggamaggot troll.

How many do you post a day here?

You joined FR in 2017. What compelled you to join?

I had hopes the new Meet the Press would be refreshingly fair. No, the brown bitch was as bad as the lilly white faggot she replaced.


50 posted on 09/17/2023 3:41:43 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: thegagline

Trump cannot win. Face it.


51 posted on 09/17/2023 3:41:49 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Just mythoughts

Trump was doing his job as an elected representative of the people. It is his duty to question any and all political activities for the voters and question the activities of his subordinates without recourse as dictated by the Constitution and mandated by the people he represents. Their are no grounds for these indictments, Trump was doing his job to the best of his abilities as he ran the USA as a Capitalistic business for the benefit of the people who elected him.


52 posted on 09/17/2023 3:43:03 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: frank ballenger

He is sticking to his guns that he thought (thinks) the election was stolen.

Would you be happier if he said otherwise? What falsehood would make you happy?


53 posted on 09/17/2023 3:43:38 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Required for informed consent: "We have a new, experimental vaccine.")
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To: Gene Eric
"The premise that Trump lost in a fair & honest election is total BS, and any consultant, lawyer that stated otherwise is FOS."

Way to go Gene..!! You win the prize.... :)

54 posted on 09/17/2023 3:46:15 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: thegagline

These two are not mutually exclusive. He may have rejected his advisers and followed his attorneys advice on how to proceed.


55 posted on 09/17/2023 3:49:40 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: gov_bean_ counter
"No, but possessing the inability to take responsibility or admitting one has made a mistake is."

Sorry, but having one so-called symptom of narcissism, doesn't make one a narcissist. Trump wasn't wrong about the election being stolen. If you believe that Sleepy Joe legally got the highest popular vote of any Presidential candidate in the history of this country, including Obama, by running his campaign from his basement during a scamdemic, then you need to have your head examined, because it didn't happen.

56 posted on 09/17/2023 3:50:39 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: chopperk

I agree with you.


57 posted on 09/17/2023 3:54:49 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: chopperk

It’s true the president is the chief executive of the federal government. A CEO is the chief executive officer of a corporation. However, the only similarity between CEO & chief executive of FedGov is the word ‘executive’. The reach ‘corporately’ and the power to execute a decision is much more limited for the ‘chief executive officer’ in FedGov and that is by design. I think at times Trump had trouble understanding that.


58 posted on 09/17/2023 3:55:31 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: thegagline

A lot of people here forgetting the whole “anything you say can and WILL be used against you.”

The prosecution will use interviews like this to claim he ignored advice of counsel


59 posted on 09/17/2023 3:55:42 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Timmy

And that is the only answer.

Nobody said there has to be a consensus. He went with the guys who he respected and had the compelling evidence.


60 posted on 09/17/2023 4:04:11 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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