Trump Puts Himself in Legal Jeopardy By Admitting He Lost the 2020 Election.

“We got the most votes of anybody — of any sitting president in history, and he beat us by a whisker,” Trump said Aug 30. He has made similar comments in other appearances in the past few days.

“It was probably politically smart for Trump to admit he lost the election, but legally, that sure could have consequences,” said Tom Dupree, who was a deputy assistant attorney general in the George W. Bush administration.

“The whole thrust of (Special Counsel) Jack Smith’s indictment is Trump was trying to defraud and to cheat and to steal an election he didn’t win. If he’s now admitting (that) maybe he actually knew all along that he lost, well, he’s not really defending the accuracy of the vote. He really was trying to steal something.”

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/trump-saying-he-lost-could-mean-legal-trouble/

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LeopoldBloom · M

He could just say he only figured out that he lost recently.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@LeopoldBloom

You mean testify under oath?

SW-User

@LeopoldBloom And yet, if I've read this correctly, he's clearly saying that he won the popular vote, but still lost. Like Hillary...

LeopoldBloom · M

@beckyromero His lawyers will never let him take the stand.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@LeopoldBloom

His lawyers will never let him take the stand.

Then they won't be able to refute what he recently said.

LeopoldBloom · M

@beckyromero He didn't take the stand in the E. Jean Carroll trial, despite hinting that he would. I don't think he will take the stand in any of his criminal trials, either, as his lawyers know the prosecution would tear him to shreds.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@LeopoldBloom

If Trump wants to clarify something that he said, he would have to take the stand.

LeopoldBloom · M

@beckyromero I agree, but his lawyers will advise against it because it would expose him to cross-examination and potential perjury.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@LeopoldBloom

I agree, but his lawyers will advise against it because it would expose him to cross-examination and potential perjury.

Precisely!

Which is why Trump won't be able to argue in court that he only figured out that he lost "recently."

Any hearsay evidence his lawyers try to submit in that regard would be inadmissible. Trump, and only Trump, would have to testify as to that excuse.

Any written evidence would be analyzed to death as to who it was presented to, when it was written, was it emailed, etc.