New evidence obtained by special counsel Jack Smith “signals a turning point for the prosecution against Donald Trump,” Slate reported.
According to former federal prosecutor Dennis Aftergut, “The new evidence will be kryptonite” to Donald Trump’s defense.
Reports say the evidence, reported by ABC News, includes interviews Smith has conducted with close aides of Trump’s who have added to the record Trump’s statements during the hours on Jan. 6 where he refused to send a message asking the rioters to cease.
“Trump’s reported statements are loaded with cruelty, self-interest, and abandonment of allies. It becomes indisputable that he was using his most violent followers to try to override the voters’ will and keep himself in power,” Aftergut wrote.
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The statements, recounted from witnesses like Trump’s communications guru Dan Scavino and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, are new because they come from people who did not testify before the Jan. 6 committee.
Scavino has reportedly confirmed to Smith that Trump himself posted his infamous Jan. 6 tweet which read, “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done,” after Scavino left him by himself after failing to persuade him to “release a calming statement.”
Meadows reportedly confirmed that he heard Trump tell then–House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, “I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.”
He also reportedly confirmed previous testimony that Trump “didn’t want to do anything” to stop the riot.
Read the full report over at Slate.