The defendant Donald J. Trump was the 45th President of the United States and a candidate for re-election in 2012. the

the defendant lost the 20-20.

The defendant lost the 2020 presidential election.

Despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power.

So for more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020,

the defendant spread lies that there had been outcome determinative fraud in the election

and that he had actually won. These claims were false and the defendant knew that they were false.

But the defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway

to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate,

create an intense national

atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and erode public faith in the administration of

the election. That was the voice of acclaimed actor Liam Neeson.

He's reading an excerpt from the United States of America versus Donald J. Trump.

That's the DC January 6 indictment.

Let's listen to some more.

Shortly after election day,

the defendant also pursued unlawful means of discounting legitimate votes and subverting the election

results. In so doing, the defendant perpetrated three criminal conspiracies.

A. The conspiracy to defraud the United States by using

dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to impair, obstruct, and defeat the lawful federal government function by which the results of the presidential election are collected, counted, and certified by the federal government, in violation of 18 United States Code Section 371.

B, a conspiracy to corruptly obstruct and impede the January 6th congressional proceeding at which the collected

results of the presidential election are content and certified to certification proceeding,

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