The special counsel team prosecuting former President Donald Trump for interference in the 2020 presidential election is signaling it wants to use Trump's false claims about election fraud dating back a decade to demonstrate "his motive, intent, and plan" to cling to power.
In a new court filing, prosecutors said Trump had a record of refusing to honor the peaceful transition of power — and a pattern of sidelining people who pushed back on his bogus assertions of fraud, including the former chief counsel to the Republican National Committee and a Georgia election worker, sometimes encouraging violence against them.
