Trump Wanted To Trademark The Term ‘Rigged Election,’ Jan. 6 Testimony Transcript Reveals – By Mary Papenfuss (Huffpost) / Dec 30, 2022
Trump talked it up just days after he lost to Joe Biden, long before any major election irregularities could have been uncovered.
An aide for former President Donald Trump reached out to Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner about trademarking the phrases “Rigged Election!” and “Save America PAC!” ― exclamation marks apparently included ― after Trump lost the 2020 election, according to emails Kushner provided to members of the House Jan. 6 committee.
Dan Scavino, Trump’s aide at the time, emailed Kushner about the matter on Nov. 9, 2020 — long before any major problems with the presidential election could have been uncovered. Indeed, ultimately, there was no evidence found of widespread election irregularities.
“Hey Jared! POTUS wants to trademark/own rights to below, I don’t know who to see ― or ask … I don’t know who to take to,” said the email from Scavino, according to a transcript of Kushner’s testimony to the committee, which was released on Friday. The phrases were added in bold to Scavino’s email.
