One key part of Wednesday’s filing is the allegation from prosecutors that Donald Trump knowingly pushed false information out to support his claims of a fraudulent election. The filing highlights how Trump and his co-conspirators continued to claim that voting machines across several key states were not secure and their tallies inaccurate, despite evidence to the contrary.
The National Association of Secretaries of State and other federal and state officials have repeatedly stated that the 2020 election was the most secure in US history. They emphasized that there was no evidence of changed or lost votes in the system. Even with this assurance and evidence, Trump persisted in spreading misinformation about the security of voting machines.
During his infamous January 6 speech, Trump made false claims about voting machines, disregarding the information provided by experts and officials. Despite efforts to verify the machine counts through hand re-tally counts and other security measures, Trump and his associates continued to perpetuate falsehoods about the election results.
