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    Travel expenses paid by Trump supporters for Jan. 6 rally: new evidence

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    WASHINGTON – A trove of new records released in the federal election interference case against former President Donald Trump detail how money was spent on Trump's “Stop the Steal” rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021 .

    The revelations were among 1,900 pages of evidence supporting federal charges against Trump that he tried to steal the 2020 election. The evidence also includes details about how his supporters spent election night in the White House and how Trump responded to the riots at the Capitol.

    U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is weighing the evidence to determine whether Trump is immune from federal charges based on a July Supreme Court ruling.

    Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, rejected the release less than three weeks before the election as an example of prosecutors releasing “highlighted material” three weeks before the election that would “disadvantage potential jurors and endanger potential witnesses.”

    However, Chutkan ruled that keeping the documents secret could also be considered election interference.

    Steven Cheung, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, called for the release of evidence in the case as election interference and said the case should be dismissed. He said “the entire case is a sham and partisanship” that “should be dismissed outright.”

    Budget documents identify up to $3 million for the Jan. 6 rally and related events

    The newly released documents also show that an unnamed organization budgeted up to $3 million for the Jan. 6 rally and related events, including for transportation of VIP guests and protesters to Washington and for promotional purchases for one Show of power.

    Several versions of the “Confidential-Do Not Disclose” document are included, with some redactions, and appear to have been prepared on January 6 for the House Select Committee to Investigate the Attacks, which disclosed some of the information.

    But documents released Friday show that $1 million was budgeted for Turning Point Action, a nonprofit grassroots group founded by Charlie Kirk in 2019 to encourage young conservatives “through grassroots activism.”

    The money was earmarked for TPA to send social media influencers and students from across the country to Washington to attend the rally, produce “all video content from the event,” and run national ads “telling millions about the importance of the event.” January 6th clarify”. President Trump.”

    Another $500,000 was earmarked for a “Save the US Senate” group founded by Donald Trump Jr. to stop alleged voter fraud in Georgia and help re-elect Republican Senate candidates Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. The document said the investment would “help support attendance” at a rally with Trump in Georgia on Jan. 4 and make additional ad buys with Trump’s eldest son “to encourage Senators Loeffler and Perdue to attend on “Vote to end the theft in Georgia on January 6.”

    Budget documents show that Tea Party Express budgeted an additional $400,000 to create a central website to promote the Jan. 5 and 6 rally events, including targeted advertising and a television, radio and digital campaign, to promote and encourage participation in the January 6 rally.

    Another $200,000 was budgeted for an individual whose name and company were redacted “to support his organization’s efforts.” And a separate group, whose name was also redacted, was set to receive $100,000, the estimated cost of its hotels, private flights, car services and private security for about 10 to 15 of its members.

    The Republican Attorneys Generals' Defense Force (RAGA) should receive $200,000 to fund its legal efforts to combat voter fraud nationwide and file lawsuits.

    It also budgeted $300,000 for speaker fees and travel for VIP speakers, as well as a bus program to transport rallygoers within a 180-mile radius.

    Witnesses describe uncertainty in the White House on election night 2020

    Many of the unsealed documents are transcripts of testimony from the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The statement documents the uncertainty at Trump's election night party at the White House over who won the race and Trump's response to the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

    A guest who was in the White House living area on election night described how 15 or 20 people went to the green room to await the results with Trump. The witness described someone loudly telling the president the election was stolen, while others said, “Wow, oh, let's just go out and say we still have time, we have to do the count, see you in the morning.” “ .”

    Later, on January 6, a White House aide said he told Trump at 1:21 p.m., as he returned from an outdoor speech on the Ellipse, that television coverage had paused at the end of the speech to cover the riots to report. Trump was in disbelief, the staffer said.

    “I prepare the TV for him and give him the remote and he starts watching it,” the employee said. “And I went out to get him a Diet Coke, came back in, and that was it for me while he looked at it and sort of saw it for himself.”

    Why were the documents released now?

    Trump is accused of conspiring to steal the 2020 election by pressuring state lawmakers to change the election results in their states, recruiting alternative presidential electors in states won by President Joe Biden and Congress prevented the Electoral College votes from being counted on January 6, 2021. However, he pleaded guilty.

    The evidence, such as transcripts of witness statements, was part of Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith's statement in the case against Trump filed last month. The 165-page public filing included an appendix containing sealed evidence that remained confidential while Chutkan decides whether to release it.

    The fight over evidence is likely the last opportunity before Nov. 5 for revelations in the case, which may not be heard for months or years.

    The Supreme Court ruled that Trump should be spared from charges related to official duties but was vulnerable to charges related to private actions. Trump has argued that he is immune from all allegations. But Smith claims Trump's actions were private because they were campaigning to stay in office after losing the election.

    Use Trump's own words against him?

    The documents include numerous social media posts by Trump that cast doubt on the validity of the 2020 election, even though Trump and his allies failed to prove widespread fraud in court and numerous audits and recounts showed that President Joe Biden won.

    The posts may indicate that Smith plans to use Trump's own words to illustrate the alleged strategy to overturn the 2020 election if the case ever goes to trial.

    For example, in a tweet on November 6, 2020, Trump appeared to call for the votes to be thrown out and the Supreme Court to decide the winner.

    “The observers were in no way permitted to do their work and therefore the votes accepted during this period must be classified as ILLEGAL VOTES,” Trump wrote. “The US Supreme Court should decide!”

    On the day of the attack on the Capitol, Trump indicated that he wanted Mike Pence to release the results and then involve state legislatures.

    “Many states want to reverse the mistake they made in certifying false and even fraudulent numbers in a process that was NOT approved by their state legislatures (which it must be). Mike can send it back!” Trump tweeted, tagging his vice president in the January 6, 2021 post.

    Smith may even hope to use Trump's promise to “free” the many defendants convicted of January 6-related crimes to argue that Trump was already involved in a criminal conspiracy in 2020 and early 2021 .

    “My first acts as your next president will be to close the border, drill, drill, drill and free the January 6 hostages who are unjustly detained!” Trump said on March 11 of this year posted on Truth Social. This contribution is included in the documents.

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