Jack Smith: Trump told advisors BEFORE election that he would claim victory BEFORE all votes were counted

[kpete]

[yardwork]

1. We saw that in real time. That's what Trump did.

He declared victory on election evening and by the next morning he was claiming the election was stolen.

He never conceded. He and Melania weee not in DC to welcome the Bidens to the White House.

[North Shore Chicago]

2. Of course he did.

He is saying that now.

He really is an evil, fat bastard.

[displacedvermoter]

3. Roger Stone's instructions

[Pinback]

7. Bannon as well.

The Halloween 2020 meeting in which Steve Bannon explained that Donald Trump planned to declare victory on election night, regardless of the actual results, was not supposed to be a big deal. The gathering was intended for Bannon to help associates of his patron, exiled Chinese mogul Guo Wengui, plan election night coverage on GTV News, one of Guo’s media companies.

But Bannon wanted to talk. He explained repeatedly that Trump would announce early that he had won and would suggest that any apparent Biden victory had resulted from fraud. “He’s just gonna go in—remember, this is just with like 20 percent of the vote counted, Trump’s just gonna walk in and go, ‘I’m the winner,'” Bannon said.

Source:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/full-transcript-of-leaked-steve-bannon-tape-donald-trump-2020-election/

[calimary]

8. Why isn't Roger Stone in prison?

That bastard is on my personal “I’ll-Hate-You-Til-I-Die” list. From the moment I first learned about him.

[twodogsbarking]

10. I am repeating but Roger Stone gives me the creeps.

[Mr.Bill]

11. He was pardoned by Trump.

I've also noticed he is keeping a very low profile during this election.

[leftieNanner]

14. Actually

He wasn't pardoned, TSF commuted his sentence.

So, officially, Stone is still a felon.

[Mr.Bill]

15. Okay that makes sense.

I plead Senior Moment for being forgetful. Thanks for the correction. And actually, that makes a lot of sense because he may be prohibited from consorting with other felons.

[leftieNanner]

16. I wonder if he can vote.

[calimary]

17. Free pass? How convenient.

I can only guess Satan won’t have such a nice freebie for him when he’s ushered onto The Great Down-Escalator In The Sky.

[Betty Boom]

18. He's so repulsive

He looks exactly what you imagine old men in the swing lifestyle look like. Blech.

[rubbersole]

24. "Damn, I've lost my monocle 🧐 ..."

[Betty Boom]

28. 😂

[Attilatheblond]

19. Yep, saying he will win NOW and doesn't even need votes

If that isn't announcing the plan to steal, what is?

[North Shore Chicago]

33. Indeed.

They believe the fix is in.

[polichick]

4. Trump would've been in prison since 2021 if not for...

a conflicted attorney general and complicit high court.

Without the January 6th Committee telling everyone what happened, it’s not likely Trump would have been charged. AGs from both parties buried the Mueller Report - thank goodness Jan 6th Committee members and those who testified were all over tv and social media!

[bpj62]

22. Mueller Report

I have come to believe that there is something so radioactive in that report because I cannot think of any other reason for never releasing the full unredacted report. Maybe Harris's AG will release it because it really needs to see the light of day.

[polichick]

30. Fingers crossed that Harris's rule-of-law stance makes the needed difference.

[dem4decades]

31. Are you suggesting that Garland failed to protect the Constitution?

[polichick]

32. A convicted fraudster who stole classified documents and led a coup...

…has been allowed the freedom to run for president. A lot of people who swore to uphold the Constitution were in no great rush to do so. Thankfully, the January 6th Committee did not put norms, institutions, entrenched power structures, or any other bullshit over the truth.

[NCDem47]

5. In 2024, he's going to stand in front of a "President Elect" sign...

Before West Coast polls even close. Let's see what media bites and plays along.

Fake it util you make it. Always his M.O.

[DENVERPOPS]

9. My guess is

that the media is already planning on playing along with it......95+% of all media in the U.S. are Republican operated/owned by Uber rich Republicans and their Corporations.....

They all have as much at stake as any other Republican Groups in winning this election, at all costs. By hook or by crook.
The old Republican Adage: The means justifies the end result...........

[sanatanadharma]

21. "Fake it until you make it" is valid in only one pursuit and it isn't politics or popularity

"Fake it until you make it" is valid only for seeking to be a Saint

[GreenWave]

6. We knew that. Catchup (not ketchup) rest-o-world.

[uponit7771]

34. Right, Im not seeing much new in Smith filing

[dsc]

12. That isn't news

He said that publicly in realtime.

[Prairie Gates]

13. It wasn't a secret...he was saying it publically

[Brother Buzz]

20. Three things Roy Cohn drummed into the marmalade shartcannon:

Cohn told his asshole protege there are three rules he needs to abide by. Number one: attack, attack, attack. Number two: admit nothing and deny everything. And rule number three: no matter what happens, you claim victory and never admit defeat.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. Con Man, mob boss, convicted FELON.

[JoseBalow]

29. Douche, dummy, deadbeat

[rubbersole]

25. Hey, donnie...

...claim victory from your hidey-hole in Venezuela. Gonna miss you like a good rash.

[Cha]

26. Yes he Sure Did... That EVIL POS Needs to Go Down!

[jimfields33]

27. We need to figure out a way to count the votes election night.

Otherwise, voters will always be suspicious of the results. That’s the solution to stop the madness.