Prosecutors want to know if Trump knew he lost in 2020 and pushed forward anyway: report
The New York Times revealed Thursday that the latest updates on special counsel Jack Smith's case around the Jan. 6 attack and the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election is looking at possible corrupt intent.
Among the things that is being discussed by the special counsel's team is whether President Donald Trump clearly knew that he had lost the 2020 election, despite what he said publicly or his campaign touted.
Many witnesses, including Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, had conversations with Trump that indicated he knew that he lost.
One person told the Times that when Kushner testified before the Washington grand jury last month he testified that he truly believed that the election was stolen.
What could be a problem, however, is that Kushner made it clear he was gone on Jan. 6. He was out of the country working on his Abraham Accords, then working on federal pardons.
Others that interacted with Trump, like former communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin, had different views. She said that within weeks of the 2020 election, Trump asked her "Can you believe I lost to Joe Biden?"
“In that moment I think he knew he lost,” Griffin testified to the House select committee.
Witnesses were also asked about things that Trump was telling people in the summer before the election during the COVID pandemic.