TOLD by close advisers in November 2020 that he had lost the election, former US president Donald about this because other advisers told him a plan might work to keep him in the White House.
It did not. And investigators have gathered evidence of what Trump said and did then.
However, Trump keeps claiming a stolen election, hinting in his fund-raising that he will seek the Republican nomination again in 2024. He may not have helped himself when he talked admiringly about how smart Russian President Vladimir Putin was to invade Ukraine. Polling makes clear that he has not gone over well with moderate voters he needs to win any national election.
This starts with John Eastman, the lawyer who told Trump that the electoral college could be pressured to not accept the victory of Joseph Biden. Eastman is fighting the subpoena from the House of Representatives investigating Committee.
Answering Eastman's objections, the lawyers for the Committee filed a brief in a civil suit to force Eastman to produce his emails. Their brief used explicit sworn testimony to make clear that Trump disregarded what he was told, unworried about the falsehood.
"The president said something to the effect of: 'What do I have to lose? If I do this, what do I have to lose?” is what Richard P Donoghue, a former senior jusa tice Department official, told the Committee, adding: “I said: 'Mr. President, you have a great deal to lose. Is this really how you want your administration to end? You'are going to hurt the country.”
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