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Posted: 2023-08-02T14:48:48Z | Updated: 2023-08-02T14:48:48Z

Donald Trump was repeatedly told by top Republican officials and allies, including people he often relied on for candid advice, that his claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election were bogus. He simply chose to disregard the truth, according to Tuesdays federal indictment of the former president.

The latest indictment, Trumps third one to date, lays out numerous instances when GOP allies at the highest levels of federal and state governments called him out for spreading lies. They ranged from Vice President Mike Pence to Arizona Republican House Speaker Russell Bowers to Trumps own 2020 campaign manager, Bill Stepien.

Heres a look at all the Republicans cited in the indictment as people who told Trump, either publicly or privately, that he was peddling misinformation. None were listed by name; they were listed by the titles they had in late 2020 and early 2021. HuffPost identified as many as we could by name.

And of course, the Defendant is Trump.

Former Vice President Mike Pence

The Defendants Vice Presidentwho personally stood to gain by remaining in office as part of the Defendants ticket and whom the Defendant asked to study fraud allegationstold the Defendant that he had seen no evidence of outcome-determinative fraud.

Former Director Of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe

The Director of National Intelligencethe Defendants principal advisor on intelligence matters related to national securitydisabused the Defendant of the notion that the Intelligence Communitys findings regarding foreign interference would change the outcome of the election.

Former Director Of The Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Security Agency Chris Krebs

The Department of Homeland Securitys Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)whose existence the Defendant signed into law to protect the nations cybersecurity infrastructure from attackjoined an official multi-agency statement that there was no evidence any voting system had been compromised and that declared the 2020 election the most secure in American history. Days later, after the CISA Directorwhom the Defendant had appointedannounced publicly that election security experts were in agreement that claims of computer-based election fraud were unsubstantiated, the Defendant fired him.

Former Attorney General William Barr

The senior leaders of the Justice Departmentappointed by the Defendant and responsible for investigating credible allegations of election crimestold the Defendant on multiple occasions that various allegations of fraud were unsupported.

Georgia Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger

The Defendant insinuated that more than ten thousand dead voters had voted in Georgia. Just four days earlier, Georgias Secretary of State had explained to the Defendant that this was false.

Former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen

The Defendant asserted that there had been 205,000 more votes than voters in Pennsylvania. The Defendants Acting Attorney General and Acting Deputy Attorney General had explained to him that this was false.

The Defendant asserted that voting machines in various contested states had switched votes from the Defendant to Biden. The Defendants Attorney General, Acting Attorney General, and Acting Deputy Attorney General all had explained to him that this was false, and numerous recounts and audits had confirmed the accuracy of voting machines.

Former Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey And House Speaker Lee Chatfield

The Defendant said that there had been a suspicious vote dump in Detroit, Michigan. The Defendants Attorney General had explained to the Defendant that this was false, and the Defendants allies in the Michigan state legislature the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Majority Leader of the Senatehad publicly announced that there was no evidence of substantial fraud in the state.

Former Nevada Secretary Of State Barbara Cegavske

The Defendant claimed that there had been tens of thousands of double votes and other fraud in Nevada. The Nevada Secretary of State had previously rebutted the Defendants fraud claims by publicly posting a Facts vs. Myths document explaining that Nevada judges had reviewed and rejected them, and the Nevada Supreme Court had rendered a decision denying such claims.

Former Arizona House Speaker Russell Rusty Bowers

The Defendant said that more than 30,000 non-citizens had voted in Arizona. The Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, who had supported the Defendant in the election, had issued a public statement that there was no evidence of substantial fraud in Arizona.

Trumps 2020 Campaign Manager Bill Stepien

Senior staffers on the Defendants 2020 re-election campaign (Defendants Campaign or Campaign)whose sole mission was the Defendants re-electiontold the Defendant on November 7, 2020, that he had only a five to ten percent chance of prevailing in the election, and that success was contingent on the Defendant winning ongoing vote counts or litigation in Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Within a week of that assessment, the Defendant lost in Arizonameaning he had lost the election.

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The Defendant said that more than 30,000 non-citizens had voted in Arizona. The Defendants own Campaign Manager had explained to him that such claims were false.

You can read Tuesdays full indictment here .