Former Trump Attorney Told Prosecutors Ex-President Was Hellbent on Not Leaving Office ‘Under Any Circumstances’

EXCERPT:

ELLIS: “The conversation was around December 19th of 2020 at the White House Christmas party. And I emphasized him, I thought that the — the claims and the ability to challenge the election results was essentially over because — he said to me, in a kind of excited tone, ‘Well, we don’t care, and we’re not going to leave.’ And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ And he said ‘Well, the boss,’ meaning President Trump — and everyone understood ‘the boss,’ that’s what we all called him — he said, ‘The boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. We are just going to stay in power.’ And I said to him, ‘Well, it doesn’t quite work that way, you realize?’ and he said, ‘We don’t care.’”

(Via Mediaite)