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Republican
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former
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President
Donald
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to hold
a
campaign
rally in
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North
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US
prosecutors
detail
evidence
in Trump
election
subversion
case
Reuters
3–4
minutes
WASHINGTON,
Oct 2
(Reuters)
- A U.S.
judge on
Wednesday
made
public a
court
filing
in which
federal
prosecutors
laid out
their
evidence
accusing
former
President
Donald
Trump of
illegally
trying
to
overturn
his 2020
election
defeat.
The
165-page
filing
is
likely
the last
opportunity
for
prosecutors
to
detail
their
case
against
Trump
before
the Nov.
5
election
given
there
will not
be a
trial
before
Trump
faces
Democratic
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris.
Prosecutors
laid out
details
including
an
allegation
that a
White
House
staffer
heard
Trump
tell
family
members
that it
did not
matter
if he
won or
lost the
election
"You
still
have to
fight
like
hell."
Trump
has
pleaded
not
guilty
to four
criminal
charges
accusing
him of a
conspiracy
to
obstruct
the
congressional
certification
of the
election,
defraud
the U.S.
out of
accurate
results
and
interfere
with
Americans’
voting
rights.
Prosecutors
working
with
Special
Counsel
Jack
Smith
divulged
their
evidence
to make
the case
that the
remaining
allegations
against
Trump
survive
the U.S.
Supreme
Court’s
ruling
that
former
presidents
have
broad
immunity
from
criminal
prosecution
for
official
actions
taken as
president.
Prosecutors
have
said the
filing
will
discuss
new
evidence,
including
transcripts
of
witness
interviews
and
grand
jury
testimony,
but much
of that
material
will not
be made
public
until a
trial.
Senior
officials
in
Trump’s
administration
including
former
Vice
President
Mike
Pence
and
White
House
chief-of-staff
Mark
Meadows
appeared
before
the
grand
jury
during
the
investigation.
Prosecutors
submitted
the
court
filing
on
Thursday,
but U.S.
District
Judge
Tanya
Chutkan
had to
approve
proposed
redactions
before
it was
made
public.
Trump’s
lawyers
opposed
allowing
Smith to
issue a
sweeping
court
filing
laying
out
their
evidence,
arguing
it would
be
inappropriate
to do so
weeks
before
the
election.
They
have
argued
the
entire
case
should
be
tossed
out
based on
the
Supreme
Court’s
ruling.
If Trump
wins the
election,
he is
likely
to
direct
the
Justice
Department
to drop
the
charges.
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