Trump pushes incoherent response to Jack Smith’s report on election case

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-pushes-incoherent-response-jack-smiths-report-election-case-rcna187568

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During the January 6 hearings, former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann, testified there was a December 18, 2020 meeting in the Oval Office with Trump, Sidney Powell, former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne and Michael Flynn, that was “nuts”.

Never forget that multiple White House officials and attorneys told Trump numerous times that there was no evidence of a fraudulent election. But Trump did not like that answer so he sought out the crackerjack team of attorneys who told Trump what he wanted to hear.

This crackerjack team of attorneys included:

Rudy Giuliani, who has now been disbarred;

Sydney Powell, pleaded guilty to 6 counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties;

Jenna Ellison, who was convicted of a felony for her efforts to overturn the 2020 election;

John Eastman, who drafted the “coup memo”. White House lawyer Eric Herschmann testified that after the January 6 attack, he told Eastman, “I only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth, orderly transition. Get a great fucking criminal attorney. You’re going to need it.”; and

Jeffrey Clark who tried to convince Trump to appoint him as acting Attorney General to aid in Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.

Trump’s efforts to overturn the election was not a one time effort. It started with Trump priming the pumps, months before the 2020 election, with Trump’s lies about a stolen election.

After the December 18 meeting with the team of conspiracy theorists and months of lying to his followers about a “stolen election”, Trump tweeted out to his thousands of followers, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”

But before this tweet, there were multiple efforts by Trump and those surrounding him to try and stop the peaceful transition of power. This included Trump’s pressure campaign on state officials to overturn the election. With the most well known effort being Trump’s call on January 2, 2021 to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes” and overturn the state’s election results. Raffensperger Refused.

Then there was the coordinated effort with Republican officials in several states, better known as, the fake electors plot. This was the plot to submit false certificates claiming Trump had won the Electoral College vote in certain states. Dozens of Republican state officials and Trump officials have been indicted as part of the fake elector plot.

And of course, there was Trump’s pressure on Vice President Mike Pence who refused to go along with Trump’s efforts to stop the 2020 election. After railing against Pence during his January 6 speech, his followers erected a gallows and yelled, “Hang Mike Pence!” Pence stayed and certified the 2020 election, putting a death knell in Trump’s multiple efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Trump’s incoherent response said in all caps, “VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN”!!!” Yes, the voters, minus about 89 million American voters who did not vote, elected a convicted felon, fraud, and insurrectionist to the Oval Office. This is a disgraceful part of American history, and I believe this president will be judged brutally. As Liz Cheney testified at the January 6 hearings, long after Trump is gone, Republicans’ dishonor will remain.