Trump’s Pattern of pressure to overturn the 2020 election

Donald Trump pressured state and federal government officials to overturn results of the 2020 election in more than 30 phone calls or meetings, according to a New York Times analysis of indictments related to those efforts.

The Times compiled every conversation between Trump and at least one other government official cited in the indictments.

Most of the officials repeatedly rejected his requests. But Trump kept asking.

He began, prosecutors said, by trying to convince Republican officials in swing states won by Joe Biden that the fraud was so rampant they needed to substitute Biden’s electors with slates that would support him.

As his efforts with state officials floundered, Trump tried to persuade Justice Department officials “to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims of election fraud,” prosecutors said.

As Jan. 6 neared, Trump became determined to persuade Vice President Mike Pence to block congressional certification of Biden’s victory. He conveyed this message in at least nine phone calls and meetings between Dec. 25 and the morning of Jan. 6.

Less than an hour after a morning call Jan. 6 with the vice president, Trump rallied supporters from a stage near the White House.

Soon after, a mob of Trump loyalists stormed and occupied the Capitol, bringing the final electoral count to a halt until order was restored in the building.

Hours later, Congress reconvened. Pence declared Biden the official winner at 3:41 a.m. Jan. 7.

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