The Defendant's Campaign Remarked That the Crowd Was Going to Be Angry End Quote

On January 6 starting in the early morning hours, the defendant again turned to knowingly false statements aimed at pressuring the vice president to fraudulently alter the election outcome. He issued a tweet that falsely claimed quote, if vice president Mike Pence comes through for us, we will win the presidency. The defendant repeated false claims of election fraud gave false hope that the vice president might change the election outcome and directed the crowd in front of him to go to the capital as a way to obstruct the certification process.