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US PROSECUTORS SHOW NEW DETAILS OF TRUMP'S BID TO OVERTURN ELECTION LOSS

By Andrew Goudsward
October 4, 20244:04 AM GMT+2Updated 7 hours ago
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 * At 165 pages, filing is likely prosecutors' last word before election
 * Filing lays out details of Trump's attempt to overturn defeat
 * Trump campaign blasts filing as 'Unconstitutional Witch Hunt'

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting
outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials
and then-Vice President Mike Pence to try to overturn his 2020 election defeat,
in a court filing made public on Wednesday.
The 165-page filing is likely the last opportunity for prosecutors to detail
their case against Trump before the Nov. 5 election given there will not be a
trial before Trump faces Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
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The filing is meant to keep the federal criminal election subversion case
against the Republican presidential candidate moving forward following a July
U.S. Supreme Court ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from
prosecution for their official actions in office.
Prosecutors working with Special Counsel Jack Smith laid out a sweeping account
of Trump's conduct following the 2020 election, much of which has already been
made public through news reports, findings from the House committee that
investigated the Capitol riot or the indictment obtained by Smith in the case.
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It includes an allegation that a White House staffer heard Trump tell family
members that "it doesn't matter if you won or lost the election. You still have
to fight like hell."
Trump has pleaded not guilty to four criminal charges accusing him of a
conspiracy to obstruct the congressional certification of the election, defraud
the U.S. out of accurate results and interfere with Americans’ voting rights.

Much of the filing focuses on Trump's dealings with then-vice president and
running mate Mike Pence, who Trump tried to pressure into using his official
role overseeing Congress's Jan. 6, 2021, certification of the election results
to overturn his defeat.
Trump gave a fiery speech that day before his supporters stormed the Capitol,
battling police, sending lawmakers running for their lives and chanting "hang
Mike Pence."

Prosecutors allege that when a White House aide told Trump, who was watching
news coverage of the riot on TV, that Pence had been taken to a secure location,
Trump responded "so what?"
Prosecutors said they did not plan to use that interaction at trial given the
Supreme Court's immunity ruling.
Pence was identified by name throughout the filing. The names of many other
members of Trump's administration, allies and state officials he targeted are
blacked out, though details of their locations and actions make their likely
identities clear.
The filing shows instances of Trump privately mocking the claims his allies were
publicly making on his behalf. For instance, during a phone call with an
unidentified lawyer who appears to be Sidney Powell, Trump put her on mute and
called her claims "crazy," the filing said.
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A WARNING TO PENCE

It also alleges that on Jan. 1, 2021, Trump warned Pence that people "are gonna
hate your guts" and "think you're stupid" if he didn't block certification of
Democratic President Joe Biden's win.
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung blasted the disclosures, saying, "This entire
case is a partisan, Unconstitutional Witch Hunt that should be dismissed
entirely, together with ALL of the remaining Democrat hoaxes."
Trump has rejected this case and multiple other criminal prosecutions he faced
this year as politically motivated attempts to prevent him from returning to
power.
The filing presents a detailed narrative of the evidence prosecutors intend to
use if the case goes to trial, accusing Trump of plotting even before the
election to declare victory prematurely, replacing his campaign legal team when
they allegedly would not support allegations of voter fraud and attempting to
"manipulate" Pence into aiding his effort to hold onto power.
The filing provides details of conversations with senior officials in Trump’s
administration including Pence and White House chief-of-staff Mark Meadows, who
appeared before the grand jury during the investigation.
Prosecutors submitted the court filing on Thursday, but U.S. District Judge
Tanya Chutkan had to approve proposed redactions before it was made public.
Trump’s lawyers opposed allowing Smith to issue a sweeping court filing laying
out their evidence, arguing it would be inappropriate to do so weeks before the
election. They have argued the entire case should be tossed out based on the
Supreme Court’s ruling.
Prosecutors included with the court filing snippets of witness interviews, grand
jury testimony and evidence collected from search warrants during the
investigation. Chutkan is reviewing that material and may make public redacted
versions of those documents, though Trump's attorneys have until Oct. 10 to
raise objections to that.
If Trump wins the election, he is likely to direct the Justice Department to
drop the charges.
Prosecutors also highlighted a Twitter post that Trump sent during the Capitol
riot saying Pence "didn't have the courage to do what should have been done"
during the congressional certification of the election.
Prosecutors said that post "was not a message sent to address a matter of public
concern and ease unrest; it was the message of an angry candidate upon the
realization that he would lose power."

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Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Additional reporting by Luc Cohen; Editing by
Scott Malone and Daniel Wallis

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