(08-02-2023, 06:13 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: I expect none of this to go down in a fair manner, but it's very, very likely that Trump just didn't believe his council. It was clear that he wanted people to march on the Capitol peacefully to protest. It should be an open and shut case. That said, even though they are doing their best to stack the deck against Trump, he is his own worst enemy. He will hang himself. If not at this trial, at another.

Whether he believed the truth about the vote count is only material to some of the possible charges.  I haven't looked at the particular statutes in a while but there are often phrases like "knew or should have known" in the law.  Also obstruction of a proceeding is obstruction of a proceeding regardless of the reasons you give for obstructing it. It's only in the broad category of charges of fraud where "did he believe the falsehood he was saying" becomes material, typically.

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