Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday said that former President Donald J. Trump and his advisers had tried to get him āessentially to overturn the electionā and that the American people needed to know it.
The remarks, made in an interview with Fox News, are some of Mr. Penceās most pointed to date about what he experienced in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, when he presided over the congressional certification of Joseph R. Biden Jr.ās victory.
The indictment portrayed an attack on American democracy. Smith framed his case against Trump as one that cuts to a key function of democracy: the peaceful transfer of power. By underscoring this theme, Smith cast his effort as an effort not just to hold Trump accountable but also to defend the very core of democracy.
Reminder that Steve Bannon frankly confessed Trumpās Start the Steal conspiracy plans to a group of Trump insiders before the election.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1112138665/jan-6-committee-hearing-transcript
ā¦audio from Trump advisor, Steve Bannon, surfaced from October 31st, 2020, just a few days before the Presidential election.
Letās listen. [Begin Videotape]
STEVE BANNON: And what Trumpās going to do is declare victory, right? Heās going to declare victory, but that doesnāt mean heās a winner. Heās just gonna say heās a winner. The Democrats ā more of our people vote early that count. Theirs vote in mail. And so theyāre going to have a natural disadvantage and Trumpās going to take advantage ā thatās our strategy.
Heās gonna declare himself a winner. So when you wake up Wednesday morning, itās going to be a firestorm. Also ā also if Trump is ā if Trump is losing by 10 or 11:00 at night, itās going to be even crazier. Because heās gonna sit right there and say they stole it. If Bidenās wining, Trump is going to do some crazy shit.
Is this ratfucker on the hook or not?
He went to prison and his co-conspirator let him out.
Weāre not okay.