DOJ Filing: Trump Intentionally Lied To Stay In Power

ABC News reports:

Special counsel Jack Smith has outlined new details of former President Donald Trump and his allies’ sweeping and “increasingly desperate” efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, in a blockbuster court filing aimed at defending Smith’s prosecution of Trump following the Supreme Court’s July immunity ruling.

Trump intentionally lied to the public, state election officials, and his own vice president in an effort to cling to power after losing the election, while privately describing some of the claims of election fraud as “crazy,” prosecutors alleged in the 165-page filing.

CBS News reports:

Smith submitted the highly anticipated 165-page filing under seal to Chutkan last week as part of additional proceedings taking place following the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity earlier this summer.

Chutkan gave Trump and his legal team until Tuesday to respond to the special counsel’s request to make the brief public, with redactions.

While the former president opposed Smith’s bid to file the document publicly, she granted Smith’s request to do so and ordered it to be made available on the public docket.

Outlets are still digging into the lengthy brief at this writing. More is sure to come.