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Originally Posted by finnbow
My point was that an overt act (including speech), even if legal, is something that supports the conspiracy and telling lies can most certainly support a fraud conspiracy. Indeed, lies are an integral element of criminal fraud (defined as "wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain"). In short, telling lies may well be "protected speech" (i.e., you may have the right to lie) but a lie in the furtherance of a conspiracy to defraud is not "protected speech," it's evidence.
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It's evidence, but again, it needs to be evidence of a conspiracy to commit a crime. Is an election night speech where he outlines why he's questioning election results evidence of the intent to commit a crime? A tweet that was directed to no one in particular?