“The throughline of all of Mr. Trump’s criminal efforts was deceit — knowingly false claims of election fraud — and the evidence shows that Mr. Trump used these lies as a weapon.
To defeat a federal government function foundational to the United States’ democratic process,” the report said. The report revealed, for the first time,
The inner workings of the prosecutors as they attempted to establish that Trump “engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort” while negotiating the legal minefield of indicting a former president.
Smith noted that when prosecutors contemplated accusing Trump of breaking the Insurrection Act, he decided against it because.
To the “litigation risk that would be presented by employing this long-dormant statute.” According to the story, prosecutors were concerned.
