I'll bet they know. They're just committed to claiming victimization and persecution.Conspiracy charges, by their very nature, include communication. But on the second page of the federal indictment, in the third enumerated paragraph, the prosecution attempts to make clear that Trump is not being prosecuted for his repeated lies about a stolen election. He is being prosecuted for the efforts he made and the actions he took to operationalize his desire to overturn the election.
Everyone is corrupt but the Trumpsters. Everyone lies but the Trumpsters. Everyone is stupid but the Trumpsters. Everyone is misinformed but the Trumpsters. Everyone is a commie but the Trumpsters. Everyone hates America but the Trumpsters.
But he just keeps repeating it, and they keep swallowing it. At some level, though, they have to know better.