Analysis | 5 takeaways from the big new filing on Trump's 2020 election plot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : It says that around 1:30 p.m., Trump settled into the dining room next to the Oval Office and "spent the afternoon there reviewing Twitter on his phone," while Fox News played on the TV.
57% : Many of the quotes are from Pence's recent book, but the filing says Pence also urged Trump as early as Nov. 12: "don't concede but recognize process is over.
54% : It says an aide relayed a phone call to Trump stating that Pence had been taken to a secure location.
50% : The aide hoped Trump would do something to help, according to the filing.
49% : " The filing goes on to say Trump was alone when he tweeted at 2:24 p.m. that Pence "didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution."
46% : It's from Trump himself.
42% : It repeatedly reinforces the idea that Trump was well aware of what was taking place even as he, for hours, resisted reining in his supporters and even launched an attack on Vice President Mike Pence at 2:24 p.m. The timeline here was filled out somewhat by the House Jan. 6 committee, but the filing contains even more detail.
40% : That makes the new disclosures untimely for Trump.
40% : More evidence that Trump had nothing -- and was told that Another central question when it comes to proving Trump knew better is pointing to all the times he was told his theories were false.
36% : All of those are crucial to establishing that Trump had reason to believe Pence could be in danger and that he knew things had gotten out of hand, and that he pressed forward with attacking Pence anyway.
36% : Trump posted repeatedly on Truth Social on Wednesday claiming the filing was election interference.
36% : But the timing also owes to Trump's lengthy legal challenges, which successfully delayed the trial past the election and gave Trump a significant degree of immunity, but haven't stopped the cases altogether.
36% : "It doesn't matter if you won or lost the election," Trump allegedly told family members and others aboard Marine One.
35% : The political impact Trump won't face trial before next month's election, and it's possible he never will, if he wins.
28% : Make them riot': A prescient comment two months before Jan. 6 A big part of the case against Trump is making clear that he and those around him knew their plan was corrupt -- that it wasn't just them really believing the election was stolen.
27% : " It says the leader of the Michigan state Senate, Mike Shirkey (R), told Trump he hadn't lost because of fraud but because he under-performed other Republicans and lost educated women.
26% : The 165-page, partially redacted filing, which was unsealed by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, lays out the evidence Smith's team would like to present in the long-delayed Jan. 6 federal criminal case against Trump.
24% : It also builds on extensive evidence suggesting Trump declined for hours to do something about the violence.
22% : It says then-Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel cited to Trump a comment from Michigan state House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R) calling claims about voting machines in Antrim County, Mich., "f---ing nuts.
20% : Trump allegedly echoed the comment when one of his election lawyers told him his claims would not hold up in court, telling them "The details don't matter.
19% : Trump hasn't appeared to pay any real political price for his four indictments, which include a financial fraud conviction in Manhattan.
19% : " Trump has offered conflicting comments about whether he actually lost the 2020 election.
11% : "The DOJ pushed out this latest 'hit job' today because JD Vance humiliated Tim Walz last night in the Debate," Trump claimed.
10% : Instead, Trump allegedly responded: "So what?" It's hardly the first evidence that Trump might have been indifferent to Pence's fate and might even have seen utility in the unrest, when it came to his efforts to overturn the election.

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