Ex-U.S. Attorney Spots New ‘Nail In The Coffin Of Trump’s Intent’

Former U.S. legal professional Harry Litman defined why newly-emerged testimony, together with from former Donald Trump White House deputy chief of employees for communications Dan Scavino, is the “final nail in the coffin” that proves the then-president had no intention of calling off his supporters throughout their assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump “was just not interested” in halting the violence, Scavino advised particular counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden and Trump’s function within the riot, per a brand new report from ABC News on Sunday.

“If you think of it through the vantage point of the prosecution, the one thing that Trump could maybe try through surrogates to claim at trial is, ‘It took him by surprise. He never knew this would happen,’” Litman, who’s now an analyst for MSNBC, stated on Monday.

“You’ve heard claims of that. It seems dubious but you take Scavino and put him on the stand. Anyone who’d had that attitude would of course have been mortified and done everything they could to stop it, not rejoiced it, say ‘Who cares about Mike Pence?’ etc,” he continued in video posted by Mediaite. “

Litman described the testimony as “very, very powerful evidence if you look at it with the prism of what Jack Smith has to prove at trial.”

“It pretty much is a nail in the coffin of Trump’s intent,” he added.

The four-times-indicted Trump has tried to downplay his function in stoking the violence, for which he was impeached. He has argued “presidential immunity” as a protection.

Trump watched the riot unfurl on tv within the White House, hours after telling supporters that he’d be part of them in going to the Capitol.

Soon after the riot, then-Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) stated White House aides described Trump as “delighted” and “walking around the White House confused about why other people on his team weren’t as excited as he was.”