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this, i just want to find votes. which is one more than we have. because we won the state. >> reporter: prosecutors allege trump's criminal scheme cu culminated on january 6th, in what they call the president's exploitation of the violence and chaos at the capitol. >> david: pierre thomas leading us off here. i want to read from the first paragraph of this 45-page indictment, despite having lost, jack smith writes of the defendant, donald trump, was determined to remain in power. so, for more than two months following election day on november 3rd, 2020, the defendant spread lies there had been outcome determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won. these claims were false, and the defendant knew that they were false, but the defendant repeated it anyway. let's bring in pierre thomas. pierre, a key part of this, along with the rest of our team, a key part of this is this notion jack smith and the team

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