October 2, 2024 🟠 Major

Unsealed Jack Smith brief alleges Trump said 'So what?' when told Pence was rushed to safety on Jan.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed special counsel Jack Smith's 165-page immunity brief in the federal election-subversion case, the most comprehensive public account of the evidence prosecutors intended to present at trial. The filing states that when Trump 'lost the 2020 presidential election, he resorted to crimes to try to stay in office,' and alleges that when an aide told him on January 6, 2021 that Vice President Pence had been rushed to safety amid the Capitol violence, Trump responded 'So what?'. Prosecutors also quote Trump saying 'The details don't matter' when told a lawyer could not prove fraud allegations in court, and being overheard on Marine One saying 'It doesn't matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight like hell.' Campaign spokesman Steven Cheung called the brief 'falsehood-ridden' and 'unconstitutional,' and Trump predicted 'complete victory' on Truth Social. The unsealing is a documented waypoint in the January 6 accountability arc; the quoted statements are prosecution allegations drawn from witness interviews and grand jury material.

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