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Special counsel Jack Smith's latest account of Jan. 6 is full of vivid new details of then-President Trump inflaming a violent insurrection despite knowing he had lost.
⚖️ Why it matters: Smith and his team are pulling out everything they can muster to keep their case against Trump alive in the face of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity, Axios' Sam Baker writes.
That includes new evidence designed to bolster the case that Trump's conduct was personal, not official.
👀 The new details: A White House stafferoverheard Trump telling family members: "It doesn't matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight like hell," according to Smith's latest filing, which was unsealed yesterday.
That statement is "plainly personal," prosecutors argue.
The new filing says Trump responded, "So what?" when he was told Vice President Pence had to be evacuated from the Capitol.
And it lays out a litany of evidence that Trump knew he had lost.
The other side: Trump's attorneys can file a response to Smith's brief. But the counterweight to Smith's prosecution has already been written — by the Supreme Court.
