Recap of what we know so far regarding Trump’s efforts to overturn the election
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Recap of what we know so far regarding Trump’s efforts to overturn the election:
- Trump tried to extort the country of Ukraine for political dirt on Biden. He was impeached over it.
- He tried to weaponize COVID-19 politically by waging a war on mail-in ballots, which he knew would favor Democrats.
- Him and DeJoy tried to manipulate the USPS.
- Systematically and intentionally promoted The Big Lie that the election was stolen, which tens of millions of people have come to believe.
- Tried to get electors to illegally cast their votes.
- Him, his lawyers, and allies filed 60+ ridiculous lawsuits for lower courts to overturn the election (with zero evidence), oftentimes not even arguing there was fraud in court, yet claiming it in public.
- Supported an absolutely absurd case for SCOTUS to overturn the election (with zero evidence).
- Summoned Michigan GOP members to attempt to subvert election results.
- He undoubtedly provoked his AG’s resignation a few weeks after the election, who soon-before felt compelled to announce there was “No widespread fraud.”
- Attended a meeting which floated martial law.
- Told election officials to “stop counting”
- Suggested the military should force states to rehold elections.
- Tried to get the VP to illegally name him President.
- Called the PA Speaker of the House in an attempt to overturn the results.
- Pressured Governor Brian Kemp to push the state legislature to overturn the election.
- Threatened the GA Secretary of State with legal consequences if he did not find enough votes to overturn the election.
- Tried to get an insane conspiracy theorist to lead a special counsel.
- Defied and fired his own election security officials.
- Purged key Pentagon positions after the election.
- Ordered the Pentagon to stop working with Biden’s transition team
- Had a draft declaration which instructed the military to seize ballots.
- Directly told the DOJ to lie about the election. “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen”
- Pressured the DOJ to file a lawsuit to SCOTUS to nullify the election.
- Plotted the logistics of overturning the election via powerpoint with WH staff.
- Plotted the logistics of overturning the election with his lawyer, John Eastman. A federal judge, after seeing the evidence, has now suggested multiple times both Trump and Eastman’s efforts “more likely than not” constitute felonies.
- Incited a violent insurrection on U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of Joe Biden.