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So I am not a lawyer, but it does not seem to me that it matters if Trump believed the election was stolen or not. Follow me. You receive a statement from your back that says your account is overdrawn. You know this can’t be true. You call the bank and accuse them of stealing your money! They are thieves! You tell all your friends that your bank has stolen your money. You know its true. As is your right, you do any number of press interviews and repeat your absolute certainty that the bank stole your money. As is your right you go to court 61 times to get that money you know is yours! And 61 times the courts throw out your case or rule against you! The judges are in on it! You accuse the bank regulators of being in on the heist! They have to be! Everybody has to be in on it! All of the above is something every American, regardless of station in life, would be within their rights to say and do - whether they believed what they were saying or knew they were actually overdrawn and lying through their teeth. But then you cross the line. You are so certain you are right. So certain the bank stole your money. You decide to rob the bank! Damn it! You are going to get your money back! Some of your friends decide to help you! They think you were robbed too! A whole bunch of people, even some of your lawyers become part of the plot. But it turns out there are cameras! Millions watch your attempted robbery on TV! And watch it fail. Lordy there are tapes! You broke the law. Some of those friends are testifying against you. Lawyers who knew better will be disbarred or worse. And the jail cell awaits - not for what you said. But for what you did. Accusing the bank of stealing your money was one thing. Attempting to rob the bank was a crime.