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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WHAT ABOUT 11/4, SHOUT IT, WHAT ABOUT 11/4!!
1/6 was a culmination of the Derp State overthrowing the duly RE-elected President, Donald J. Trump.
Exactly.
The White House is FARV more a symbol of America them the Capitol! NOt only that, Boden defaced Independence Hall with hos Demonic Speech!
These people are getting desperate.
Sorry Sport. Trump didn’t have to say anything. People saw it with their own eyes as late night returns defied all principles is statistics. It just couldn’t have legitimately happened the way it rolled out…
Little Jack “Mad Man” Smith is clueless. He doesn’t have a clue about anything. All he’s got on Trump is a big mouth.
Conspiracy? Like a fake Russian dossier created by Hillary and ran with by FBI?
Still waiting ans waiting for ONE Arrest from Saturday night.
Is this the 300th or the 400th “felony” that Trump has been discovered to have committed?
I’m no lawyer but to be guilty of incitement you have to be very explicit in your language... “the culmination of a series of comments” isn’t the standard afaik. Trump said “we will walk to the Capitol and peacefully protest”. That’s not incitement. So they concoct this new theory about a “culmination”.
And yes I know this new filing doesn’t sound like a claim of incitement but still, the standards must be pretty close. I don’t know if there is any precedent for “a culmination of speech/actions” that holds a person culpable. Trump believed the election was unfairly handled and so did a lot of Americans. They all have the right to believe that and to say so.
Political persecution and prosecution of trump and the J6th protestors is traitorous, and needs to be rectified immediately upon Trump assuming power again. Along with the prosecution of everyone involved, immediately following blanket pardons and financial restitution.
Nonsensical delusions from the MSM.
(aka propaganda)
It was not a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election
It was a peaceable assembly of US citizens exercising their God given and Constitution recognized legal right to petition the government.
The attacks on President Trump and these US citizens are politically motivated.
All we have to do is take Grand Inquisitor Mad Jack Smith’s word that the election was completely fraud free.
This guy is now going down in flames so he’s doubling down on his wide eyed crazed obsession with Trump As De Debbil insanity.
They always accuse the right of what they, the left are guilty of.
No, it was not.
Dirty liars as always.
All a pretext for destroying Trump in a banana republic stunt to get him off the ballot.
And to give the police and army an excuse for killing thousands soon.
“Free assembly” and “the right to gather in protest” are only for the Muslim terrorist supporters.
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