Posted on 11/06/2023 2:46:56 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is responsible for the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 because they were the “culmination” of his conspiracies to overturn the 2020 presidential election, special counsel Jack Smith’s office says in a new filing in the former president's federal election interference case.
The filing comes in response to Trump's motion to strike “inflammatory” references to the violence of Jan. 6 from his criminal indictment on four charges related to his alleged efforts to interfere with the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
Senior assistant special counsel Molly Gaston called Trump's motion a "meritless effort" to evade allegations that Trump was responsible for events at the Capitol that day.
“Indeed, that day was the culmination of the defendant’s criminal conspiracies to overturn the legitimate results of the presidential election," she wrote.
An attorney for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.
The special counsel's office also filed separate memos opposing Trump's effort to dismiss the case. Trump previously filed two motions to dismiss on various constitutional grounds and a failure to state a claim.
Assistant special counsel James Pearce, in response to Trump's claim that he couldn't have known his actions were criminal because others in the past were not prosecuted for protesting election results, argued that "the defendant stands alone in American history for his alleged crimes. No other president has engaged in conspiracy and obstruction to overturn valid election results and illegitimately retain power.”
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Trump was trying to correct a fraudulent outcome, not to overturn an election.
Aren’t my truths the same as yours?
11/4 was merely a COUP.../S
‘...They all have the right to believe that and to say so.’
Exactly. But, seems our rights to free speech and thought are under attack. When did it become a crime, in America, to voice a difference of opinion or disagree with elected Officials......even if shouted from a rooftop or on a billboard?
And, is it now a crime to advertise and offer a home or business for sale for an amount greater than what it was bought for?
hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!
I understand why some folks get strung up a pole.
There was no legitimate election to overturn. The premise is false on its face.
Bullshit!
Others in the past were not prosecuted for protesting election results.
The counting of the chads issue not recorded in the democrat and MSM history books like everything else they rewrite it.
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