According to a new book by New York Times writer Maggie Haberman, former President Donald Trump promised aides after the 2020 presidential election that he would stay in the White House beyond President Biden's inauguration.
CNN reports that Trump appeared to acknowledge he had lost to Biden shortly after the election, but his mood eventually shifted.
Book: Trump Intended to Stay in White House Despite Loss
'Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America,' Haberman's book, will be released early next month. During Trump's presidency, the New York Times reporter, who formerly worked for Politico, the New York Post, and the New York Daily News, built a reputation for consistently breaking scoops on the government.
According to Haberman's new book, Trump urged advisors in the immediate aftermath of the election to tell him what went wrong, telling one adviser "we did our best," CNN said, adding that he also told junior press aides, "I thought we had it."
Later, when Trump's staff launched steps to reverse the election, Trump allegedly began stating his determination not to leave the White House in January 2021, when Biden's term began. Multiple investigations have been launched on Trump and his allies' activities following the 2020 election.
A House select committee is examining the Capitol incident on January 6, 2021, and is set to hold another public hearing later this month. A second Justice Department investigation is also looking into the attack.
In Georgia, an Atlanta-area district attorney is examining whether Trump and his associates sought to illegally reverse the state's election. Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who helped organize the post-election operations, has stated that he is a target of the investigation.
Trump Has Yet to Declare if He Will Run in 2024 Election
Per The Hill, Trump has hinted that he may run for president a third time in 2024. He has stated that he has decided whether or not to run, but Trump has yet to make an official campaign declaration.
The sections from the book obtained by CNN do not specify when Trump allegedly made the remarks. However, according to Haberman, a well-sourced writer who has covered Trump for decades, Trump appeared to recognize his defeat early in the election, when he behind Biden by 7 million votes in the popular vote and lost the electoral college 306-232.
But that changed over time, despite a run of legal failures as his backers attempted to sue to overturn results in battleground states, only to be defeated in court. If the real estate mogul was squatting in the White House, it happened at a time when other top officials were following Trump's lead, and leading Republicans in Congress were pushing for a wait for Trump's fraud accusations to be resolved in court.
On Election Night 2020, Trump publicly questioned the election results. The story comes as Trump, who arrived in Dulles, Virginia on Sunday night, is embroiled in a number of legal investigations.
The House committee investigating the election reversal effort is meeting on January 6. The Justice Department is looking into the removal of sensitive documents discovered during an FBI search last month at Mar-a-Lago, Daily Mail reported.
A number of prominent former Trump advisers have appeared before a federal grand jury, which is said to be investigating the submission of "fake" electors before Congress gathered to tally the electoral votes.
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