Trump says he was only challenging the election results.

Challenging election results is like an NFL coach asking for an instant replay. What Trump did was more like disagreeing with the replay results, claiming the referees work for the other team and that the other team cheated, then telling fans to "fight for the victory they deserve", which results in them rushing security and breaking into the opposing locker room in an attempt to steal the trophy.

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ElwoodBlues · M

Trump's Attorney General, William Barr, explained it pretty well.

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Trump’s lawyers have argued that his statements were protected under the First Amendment, a position that Barr, in his first interview since Trump’s third indictment, said was not a valid argument.

“As the indictment says, they are not attacking his First Amendment right. He can say whatever he wants, he can even lie. He can even tell people that the election was stolen when he knew better,” Barr said. “But that does not protect you from entering into a conspiracy.”
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Part of Trump's conspiracies was to get seven slates of phony electors from seven states, all with phony paperwork, and bring their phony votes to Washington. I don't know how to translate that into football terms.

full text of Jan 6 indictment
[b]https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf[/b]