Five bombshell claims in Jack Smith's new filing against Donald Trump in 2020 election fraud case

Special Counsel Jack Smith submitted a new filing against Donald Trump on Wednesday as part of his allegedly fraudulent activity in the 2020 election. 

The case against Trump - who resided in the White House between 2017 and 2021 - accuses him of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden.

Prosecutors allege that he pressured officials to reverse the results and knowingly spread lies about election fraud while using the events of 6 January 2021 - when a riot occurred in the Capitol - in an attempt to stay in power. 

Trump has responded by repeating false claims that the 2020 vote was 'rigged', while suggesting that the timing of the filing's release was designed to hurt his 2024 presidential campaign.

Following the filing, MailOnline takes a look at some of the key claims that emerged from the evidence given by Smith. 

Trump planned to stay in power no matter what 

Smith described a number of conversations which claim that the then-President knew his claims of election fraud were not genuine

He also gave evidence that Trump's sole objective was to stay in power, which included the quote: ' [It doesn't matter if you won or lost you have to fight like hell!'

It was heard that one witness was aware of a private conversation that the former President had with his family aboard Marine One - the helicopter used by US presidents in which to travel - when he made the remark. 

Trump showed no concern for VP Mike Pence's safety 

The filing also points to Trump's apparent lack of concern for the safety of his Vice President, Mike Pence. 

Turing the Capitol riots, which took place on January 6 2021, after an aide told him of that Pence had been forced to flee to a safe location, Trump said 'So what?' 

Despite the gravity of the situation at the time, Trump was claimed to be nonplussed by the events unfolding around him.  

Former President was alone with his phone in the White House dining room while Capitol was breached

Another claim from the hearing that accuses Trump of not doing enough to stem the chaos is that he was said to have been sat alone in the White House dining room. 

It is said that he was in the dining room 'where he used his phone to review Twitter and watched television' of the chaos that ensued in the Capitol. 

This claim is backed up by forensic evidence collected by the FBI, which mapped out his iPhone and described Trump being on his phone 'throughout the afternoon of January 6' across various 'news and social media applications.'

Trump campaign employee said 'make them riot' 

The filing also details the actions of an unidentified Trump campaign employee who was said to have been enthused by the potential for a riot to occur in Michigan prior to the Capitol riots on January 6 2021. 

The employee was described by prosecutors as a co-conspirator and was allegedly seeking to 'create chaos' at a polling center in Detroit - after it became apparent that a batch of election returns favorable to Biden was legitimate. 

'Find a reason it isn't,' the alleged co-conspirator said to a colleague, prosecutors wrote. 

When the colleague said an outbreak of violence appeared imminent, the campaign employee replied: 'Make them riot' and 'Do it!!!'

Trump willingly 'spread lies of election fraud' 

A further bombshell claim to have emerged from Smith's filing is that Trump is alleged to have fired his attorneys after the 2020 election because his replacement would willingly 'spread knowingly false claims of election fraud'. 

Prosecutors claim that Trump fired his previous attorney after the 2020 election - on November 13 2020, after the lawyer and Trump's staff told him he had a 'slim chance' of winning the election. 

In response, Trump fired his attorney and hired an unnamed co-conspirator - believed to be Rudy Giuliani - to head up his legal team. 

Smith also claimed that Trump only hired Giuliani because he 'was willing to falsely claim victory'.