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- The new indictment against Donald Trump describes how he tried to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.
- One White House lawyer warned of mass riots if he remained in office after Inauguration Day.
- Trump-allied lawyer Jeffrey Clark suggested calling in the troops.
As Donald Trump tried to remain in power following his 2020 election loss, some lawyers tried to dissuade him.
In a conversation on January 3, 2021 — days before Congress was set to certify now-President Joe Biden as the victor of the 2020 election — one deputy White House counsel had a warning.
He said that, if Trump remained in office on inauguration day, "there would be riots in every major city in the United States."