The DOJ claims Trump's alleged criminal behavior was not a part of his official duties as president and therefore open to prosecution.
Smith's filing said that when he lost the 2020 presidential election, Trump resorted to crimes to try to stay in office.
The throughline of these efforts was deceit: the defendant's and co-conspirators' knowingly false claims of election fraud.
The defendant also knew that he had only one last hope to prevent Biden's certification: the large and angry crowd standing in front of him.
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