4 days in January: Trump push for Capitol coda to 2020 vote

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WASHINGTON (AP) — It would have been something never quite before seen in America — a defeated president, Donald Trump, standing at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with a mob of supporters, some armed, contesting the election outcome.

Trump intended to go there that day. His allies had been planning for the moment, envisioning the president delivering a speech outside the building or even entering the House chamber amid objections to Congress certifying the 2020 election results for Democrat Joe Biden.

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-...020-congress-eb90b5a11a77fe528fa610cccb442c1e
 
A look at what’s known about Trump’s plans to join the mob on Jan. 6:

JAN. 2

It was a Saturday night. Giuliani had been meeting at the White House with Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and others.

The White House and Meadows had placed some 18 calls that day to Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, before Trump finally got the elections official on the phone.

Trump had been disputing the election results in Georgia, which he narrowly lost. He was demanding that Raffensperger “find 11,780 votes,” exactly enough to tip the balance from Biden’s victory. The engineer-turned-civil servant declined.
 
As Giuliani left the White House that night, he walked out with Meadows’ young aide, Hutchinson, a senior adviser.

“Cass, are you excited for the 6th?” Giuliani asked, as Hutchinson recalled in testimony before the Jan. 6 committee. “It’s going to be a great day.”
 
JAN. 3

On Sunday, Cipollone privately raised concerns to Hutchinson about the president’s planned trip to the Capitol.

Cipollone told her there were “serious legal concerns” if Trump went ahead as Congress was certifying the election. He urged her to relay the concerns to her boss, Meadows.

“We need to make sure that this doesn’t happen,” Cipollone said, according to Hutchinson’s testimony. “This would be a legally a terrible idea for us. We’re — we have serious legal concerns if we go up to the Capitol that day.”

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-...020-congress-eb90b5a11a77fe528fa610cccb442c1e
 
JAN. 5

On Tuesday, the eve of Jan. 6, according to Hutchinson, Trump asked Meadows to be in touch with two of the president’s associates — Roger Stone and Michael Flynn.

Stone attended rallies for Trump in Washington and was photographed with multiple members of the Oath Keepers who were allegedly serving as his security detail, according to the committee. Both Stone and Flynn invoked their Fifth Amendment rights rather than testify before the committee.

The big “Stop the Steal” rally was planned for the morning of Jan. 6 near the White House. Meadows spoke with both Stone and Flynn that evening, Hutchinson said.
 
Where are all of the "stop the steal!" conservatives?

Oh, yeah. It wasn't really about rigging an election for them. They just didn't like losing.
 
BidenPresident said:
Trump was planning a coup very early. He knew he lost. Nothing to do with being a sore loser.
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The planning or at least the setting of the stage began well before the election. In August, trailing in the polls, he made a speech declaring fraud was the only way he could lose.
 
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