All The Big Moments When Trump Was Told His Fraud Claims Were False, DOJ Alleges -- Why They're Key To Conviction

"The indictment cites "contemporaneous notes" former Vice President Mike Pence took detailing his refusal to meet Trump's demands to reject the Electoral College results, despite a court ruling that he had no authority to do so and Pence repeatedly telling Trump he did not have that power, allegedly prompting Trump to tell him on one occasion "you're too honest.""

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"The indictment cites "contemporaneous notes" former Vice President Mike Pence took detailing his refusal to meet Trump's demands to reject the Electoral College results, despite a court ruling that he had no authority to do so and Pence repeatedly telling Trump he did not have that power, allegedly prompting Trump to tell him on one occasion "you're too honest.""

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"The Justice Department's Tuesday indictment against former President Donald Trump in connection with his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election lays out numerous instances when Trump's own allies allegedly debunked his election fraud claims, only for Trump to publicly state the opposite -- examples that seek to prove the crucial legal question that Trump knew the allegations were false.nn"

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"The plots included demanding state officials dispute the election results, enlisting fake electors to cast their votes for Trump in states Biden won, pressuring Pence to reject the Electoral College results, enlisting the Department of Justice to bolster fraud claims and, ultimately, riling Trump supporters to storm the Capitol."

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"The plots included demanding state officials dispute the election results, enlisting fake electors to cast their votes for Trump in states Biden won, pressuring Pence to reject the Electoral College results, enlisting the Department of Justice to bolster fraud claims and, ultimately, riling Trump supporters to storm the Capitol."

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"The plots included demanding state officials dispute the election results, enlisting fake electors to cast their votes for Trump in states Biden won, pressuring Pence to reject the Electoral College results, enlisting the Department of Justice to bolster fraud claims and, ultimately, riling Trump supporters to storm the Capitol."

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"Smith "needs to show that all of the false statements Trump made about the election, which the indictment chronicles in great detail, were understood by Trump to be false; otherwise, it becomes a case about political speech and First Amendment rights, and that's not where the government wants to be," Kelner told the Washington Post.nn"

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"nnTrump's attorney, John Lauro, has repeatedly said Trump's election fraud claims constituted free speech protected by the First Amendment."

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"Trump is set to be arraigned Thursday at 4 p.m. in a D.C. district court."

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"The indictment marks Trump's third since announcing his latest run for the White House."

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"At the heart of the case is really a metaphysical question of whether it's even possible for Donald Trump to believe that he lost the election, or lost anything else, for that matter.""

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"Here's How Trump's Attorney Is Defending Him Against Jan. 6 Charges: Citing Free Speech, Blaming His Lawyers And More (Forbes)"

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"Whether Trump truly believed the election fraud claims he made, despite evidence that they were false."

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""There is no world, there is no option in which you do not leave the White House [o]n Jan 20th," the indictment quotes deputy White House counsel telling Trump in December 2020."

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"The indictment alleges he and his six co-conspirators, who have not been charged or named by the Justice Department, attempted to execute a series of "knowingly" fraudulent schemes over the course of two months following the November 2020 presidential election to subvert the results so Trump could stay in power."

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"The indictment also cites several instances when Trump allies cast serious doubts on the merits of the president's and his co-conspirators' efforts to subvert the election results."

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"Smith's office indicted Trump in a 45-page filing Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights surrounding his actions in the lead-up to the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots and the hours that followed."

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"Trump publicly stated on January 5 and 6 that Pence had the ability to circumvent the process, including releasing a statement through his campaign the night before the Capitol riots that falsely claimed "the Vice President and I are in total agreement that the Vice President has the power to act" (an assertion Pence has repeatedly denied, as recently as Wednesday)."

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"Trump publicly stated on January 5 and 6 that Pence had the ability to circumvent the process, including releasing a statement through his campaign the night before the Capitol riots that falsely claimed "the Vice President and I are in total agreement that the Vice President has the power to act" (an assertion Pence has repeatedly denied, as recently as Wednesday)."

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"When Trump requested his campaign release a statement prosecutors say was intended to cover up and legitimize his plan to enlist fraudulent electors to cast their votes for him in states Biden won, his deputy campaign manager wrote to his senior advisor in a text message: "here's the thing the way this has morphed it's a crazy play so I don't know who wants to put their name on it," according to the indictment."

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"When Trump requested his campaign release a statement prosecutors say was intended to cover up and legitimize his plan to enlist fraudulent electors to cast their votes for him in states Biden won, his deputy campaign manager wrote to his senior advisor in a text message: "here's the thing the way this has morphed it's a crazy play so I don't know who wants to put their name on it," according to the indictment."

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