Trump Campaign Employee Allegedly Attempted to Obstruct 2020 Vote Count in Michigan, Filing Reveals

A new filing from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office has revealed an alleged attempt by a Trump campaign employee to obstruct the 2020 vote count in Michigan. The nine-page filing includes a lengthy list of Trump’s public statements over the past decade, as well as evidence related to the Trump charges that prosecutors plan to introduce at trial.

The filing alleges that a Trump campaign staffer sought to create a “mini-Brooks Brothers riot” or a “mini-Jan. 6” at the counting facility in Detroit, Michigan. Prosecutors said that the campaign employee worked to stage a riot at the main vote tallying center in order to block the count.

In addition, prosecutors said that they want to focus on Trump’s long history of calling election results “fraud” when the results don’t suit him, as well as his vocal support for the violent Jan. 6 rioters. Smith said that the campaign staffer “encouraged rioting and other methods of obstruction” in texts to a lawyer assisting the Trump campaign.

The filing is the latest in a series of legal actions taken against Trump and his campaign for their alleged attempts to interfere with the 2020 election. It remains to be seen what the outcome of the trial will be, but the evidence presented in the filing could be damning for the former president.