# Post ts_109498106560747897

- Post ID: `ts_109498106560747897`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-12T01:28:30.756Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109498106560747897
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109498106560747897/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109498106560747897.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> HOW CAN THE JANUARY 6TH UNSELECT COMMITTEE MAKE CRIMINAL REFERRALS WHEN THEY HAVE’NT SPOKEN ABOUT, OR STUDIED, THOSE THAT RIGGED THE 2020 ELECTION, THE TROOPS NOT BEING BROUGHT IN BY PELOSI, OR NOW, THE ELECTION FRAUD DETERMINATIVELY REVEALED BY TWITTER? THESE ARE THE REAL CRIMINALS!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 55,362
- Reposts: 14,903
- Replies: 2,522
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.426Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:01:32.339Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post exemplifies Trump's characteristic defensive response to impending legal accountability. Facing criminal referrals from the January 6 Committee, he deploys a compressed DARVO defense: denying the committee's legitimacy, attacking its members, and reversing victim-offender roles by labeling investigators "THE REAL CRIMINALS." Three simultaneous whataboutism deflections (2020 election fraud, Pelosi/Capitol security, Twitter Files) are packed into a single run-on rhetorical question, creating a firehose effect that overwhelms rather than argues. The claim that Twitter Files "determinatively revealed" election fraud is a significant reality distortion — the files showed content moderation debates, not fraud. The vulnerable narcissistic state is evident: this is not grandiose boasting but wounded counterattack from a position of threat. The post arrives amid extraordinary legal pressure — Trump Org conviction days earlier, classified documents expanding, and now criminal referrals. The psychological function is clear: maintain the foundational narrative that 2020 was stolen, which retroactively justifies January 6 and delegitimizes all resulting investigations. Epistemic closure is demanded — followers must accept the fraud premise to agree the committee is illegitimate.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109498106560747897

### Context
Posted December 11, 2022 at 8:28 PM EST (Trump at Mar-a-Lago). The Jan 6 Committee was preparing criminal referrals against Trump. The "Twitter Files" had just been released by Elon Musk. Trump Org had just been convicted on all counts of tax fraud.

### Authorship
Evening post, ALL CAPS, contains typo ("HAVE'NT"), stream-of-consciousness run-on sentence — classic authentic Trump markers.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is driven by **narcissistic injury** from the Jan 6 Committee's impending criminal referrals. The defense is textbook **DARVO** and **projection**: the committee investigating him are "the real criminals," and the investigation is illegitimate because it hasn't investigated *his* grievances.

Three deflection targets are deployed simultaneously:
1. "Rigged 2020 election" — the foundational reality distortion
2. Pelosi and Capitol security — shifting blame for Jan 6
3. Twitter Files — seizing on new material to retroactively validate 2020 claims

The word "DETERMINATIVELY" is notable — it overstates what the Twitter Files showed. The files revealed internal debate about the Hunter Biden laptop story suppression, not "election fraud."

### Cognitive Markers
"HAVE'NT" — unusual apostrophe placement, consistent with hasty/impulsive typing rather than cognitive decline. "DETERMINATIVELY" — a real but rarely used word deployed for rhetorical weight, suggesting intact vocabulary.

### Danger Assessment
"THESE ARE THE REAL CRIMINALS!!!" — redirecting criminality accusations onto political opponents, but no specific targeting or calls to action.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Election fraud determinatively revealed by Twitter" | **False** | The Twitter Files showed internal debates about suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story, not evidence of election fraud. Content moderation decisions are not election fraud. |
| "Pelosi responsible for troops not being brought in on Jan 6" | **Mostly False** | The Speaker does not control the National Guard or Capitol Police operational decisions. Multiple investigations found the delay was due to Pentagon and chain-of-command failures, not Pelosi. |
| "The 2020 election was rigged" | **False** | Over 60 court cases, DOJ investigation, state audits, and Trump's own AG William Barr found no evidence of fraud sufficient to alter election results. |

Overall Veracity: 7%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS throughout
- Typo: HAVE'NT
- Evening posting (8:28 PM EST)
- Run-on sentence structure
- Triple exclamation marks

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (January 6 Committee criminal referrals)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting January 6 Committee, Pelosi
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.80

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Pressured speech pattern with multiple grievances compressed into single run-on sentence
- Elevated agitation and emotional intensity

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- denial (pathological)
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- rhetorical question inviting audience agreement

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Labels investigators and political opponents as 'the real criminals'
- Delegitimizes congressional oversight and legal accountability

### Gaslighting

- Reframes Twitter content moderation as 'election fraud determinatively revealed'
- DARVO: investigators are 'the real criminals'
- Demands acceptance of debunked 2020 fraud claims as prerequisite for legitimate oversight

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Election fraud determinatively revealed by Twitter

**FALSE**

The Twitter Files showed internal debates about suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story, not evidence of election fraud. Content moderation decisions are not election fraud.

Sources: Twitter Files releases December 2022

> Pelosi responsible for troops not being brought in on Jan 6

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Speaker does not control the National Guard or Capitol Police operational decisions. Multiple investigations found the delay was due to Pentagon and chain-of-command failures, not Pelosi.

Sources: Senate investigation into Jan 6 security failures; Jan 6 Committee findings

> The 2020 election was rigged

**FALSE**

Over 60 court cases, DOJ investigation, state audits, and Trump's own AG William Barr found no evidence of fraud sufficient to alter election results.

Sources: DOJ statements; Court rulings 2020-2021

Overall Veracity: 7%

## Tags

- jan6_committee (90%)
- election_fraud_claims (80%)
- twitter_files (70%)
- DARVO (80%)
- criminal_referral_response (90%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Legal Pressure Triggers Evening Escalation as Twitter Files Become Shield Against January 6 Referrals**

The day split into two distinct sessions: an evening burst of eight posts that escalated from family retweets into an all-caps tirade against the January 6 Committee, followed by an afternoon dump of seven conservative news links in under two minutes. The overriding mood was defensive -- the looming threat of criminal referrals from the Committee clearly got under his skin, prompting him to seize on the Twitter Files as proof the "real criminals" were his investigators. By afternoon the intensity had drained away, replaced by rote link-sharing that reinforced the same grievances without adding new heat.

Full digest for 2022-12-12: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-12/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 12). HOW CAN THE JANUARY 6TH UNSELECT COMMITTEE MAKE... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109498106560747897
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "HOW CAN THE JANUARY 6TH UNSELECT COMMITTEE MAKE CRIMINAL..." Truth Social, 12 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109498106560747897. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "HOW CAN THE JANUARY 6TH UNSELECT COMMITTEE MAKE CRIMINAL...," Truth Social, December 12, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109498106560747897.

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