WATCH: George Conway Says Trump KNEW He Was Committing Fraud — Justice Department Can’t Pass Up Prosecuting Him

George Conway argued that since former President Donald Trump knew he lost the 2020 election, he was trying to obstruct the lawful function of the United States government, and as a result, he was conspiring to defraud the United States, detailed in 18 U.S.C. Section 371.

Conway offered his legal insight on the set of Morning Joe following news of a Wednesday court filing from lawyers representing the House Select Committee investigating the attacks of January 6th. These documents alleged that Trump and key allies “engaged in potential crimes during their effort to overturn the election: conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing an official congressional proceeding — the counting of electoral votes,” as reported by The Washington Post.

“Evidence and information available to the Committee establish a good-faith belief that Mr. Trump and others may have engaged in criminal and/or fraudulent acts, and that Plaintiff’s legal assistance was used in furtherance of those activities,” read the U.S District court filing.

The filing focuses is on conservative lawyer John Eastman who wrote several memos arguing that then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the election results. The legal brief signifies the most direct line the committee has in terms of trying to draw a line of fraudulent conspiracy between Trump, his allies, and potential criminal activity surrounding the 2020 election.

Conway has a unique perspective on the former president as his wife Kellyanne Conway served as a Senior Adviser to Trump through most of his time in the White House. This has made his vocal criticism of the 45th president even more notable.

Calling the filing “highly significant,”  Conway explained how the judge asked about the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege. In Conway’s esteem, if Eastman was assisting his alleged client, Trump, to commit fraud, then that’s a worthy inquiry and renders a privileged defense moot. The Select Committee believes that yes, they do have evidence of a conspiracy to commit fraud.

After explaining how nearly every reliable agency or person in Trump’s orbit had told him that there was no rigged or stolen election — including former AG Bill Barr and campaign advisors Jason Miller — Trump continued his baseless claims. Conway that that Trump himself was aware he had lost.

“There’s already, you know, reporting out there that Trump was telling his aides — and I know for a fact this to be true — that he was saying, ‘how could I have lost to this guy? How could I have lost?'” Conway noted. “Which means he knew he lost, which means he knew he was engaging in a fraud and knew he was engaging in a deceit, and the fact he was trying to obstruct the lawful function of the United States government puts this squarely, squarely under the scope of 18 U.S.C. Section 371.”

“At this point, I just don’t see how the justice department can pass on this.”

Watch above via MSNBC.