# DOJ/Jack Smith Investigation into Trump and Election Interference, January 6th Insurrection (Re-Indicted August 27, 2024)

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455 "2022-11-23T20:14:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/1447 "2023-09-17T20:32:49Z")

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I have no idea where to post this. Trump wanted to overturn the 2020 election, so that would be Jan. 7th and beyond. The article mentions that Trump’s decision to attempt a coup is central to Jack Smith’s cases against him, so that’s this thread. Obviously, he attempted to coerce Georgia into flipping the election for min, so that’s _that_ thread. Anyway, I’m posting here.

> **[Trump acknowledges he was told 2020 election lies were false in wide-ranging...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-decision-try-overturn-174422967.html/)**
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> Former President Donald Trump said in an interview that he received counsel from numerous people shortly after the 2020 election but that it was his decision to push the false claim he won the election and try to overturn the results.

> “It was my decision, but I listened to some people,” Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview that aired Sunday. …
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> “You know who I listen to? Myself. I saw what happened,” Trump said.
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> The former president said he didn’t listen to his attorneys who told him he lost the election because he didn’t respect them… ‘But I did respect others. I respected many others that said the election was rigged.’

You know what you call things you say on national television? Evidence. Thank the gods the man doesn’t know when to shut up.

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