Evidence against Trump ‘overwhelming’

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The evidence against President-elect Donald Trump was overwhelming which is why he tried to avoid conviction at all costs, former Watergate prosecutor and former US assistant attorney Nick Akerman says.   #USA #Trump

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00:00That report released today by Special Counsel Jack Smith says that the US

00:05President-elect Donald Trump would have been convicted for his alleged effort to

00:09overturn the 2020 election if he hadn't been re-elected in November and then

00:14he'd probably be in prison by the sounds of things. Does that all sound about

00:17right to you? Sounds right to me. I don't think there's any question but that the

00:22evidence here was overwhelming. It ranged from testimony from people like his

00:28Vice President Mike Pence to others that worked in the White House. I just don't

00:35think there was any chance that he would avoid conviction which is why he fought

00:39so hard to delay the case, argue for presidential immunity and do everything

00:45he could to make sure that the case never went to trial.

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