Now I don’t expect you to waste time and energy on topics you don’t want to talk about with that family, but I wonder if you’ve seen the latest batch of unsealed evidence from Jack Smith’s filed motion on the 2020 election case… (key takeaways).

Up to this point, I had more or less given Trump the benefit of doubt. I had figured that riling up a base telling them it’s not over is the kind of thing that could lead to violence. However, nothing so far linked directly to Trump against the most charitable interpretation of events that Trump had just let it happen with no knowledge of a plan to overthrow government, and for all intents he would have wanted to peacefully transfer power to the rightful winner of the election. The evidence here disproves that, he wanted to stay president by any means possible, was warned by Mike Pence and told repeatedly to step down. He was aware of potential consequences and when the events of Jan 6 transpired he wilfully withheld taking any action, and his “so what?” comment tells me his inaction wasn’t due to shock or surprise.