Liberal Forum

"Although his multiple conspiracies began after election day in 2020, the defendant laid the groundwork for his crimes well before then. Leading into the election, the defendant's private and Campaign advisors, including [REDACTED NAME OF PERSON #6] (then a private citizen) and [REDACTED NAME OF PERSON #2] (the defendant's Campaign manager), informed him that it would be a close contest and that it was unlikely to be finalized on election day—in part because of the time needed to process large numbers of mail-in ballots prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. They also told the defendant that the initial returns on election night might be misleading—that is, that he might take an early lead in the vote count that would diminish as mail-in ballots were counted because his own supporters favored in-person Voting, while supporters of his opponent, Joseph R. Biden, favored mail-in ballots."

Trump's own advisors told him that there might very well be a Red Mirage followed by a Blue Tsunami.