Just hours after former President Donald Trump was indicted in Georgia over his attempt to disrupt the 2020 election, Trump announced he’ll hold a news conference to once again push baseless claims that the election was rigged.
“A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11:00 A.M. Monday of next week, in Bedminster, New Jersey,” Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday. “Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE report, all charges should be dropped against me & others — There will be a complete EXONERATION!”
Independent experts have found no evidence of widespread problems in 2020 voting in Georgia, a state that President Joe Biden won in an upset, or in any other state. An outside research firm that Trump hired to corral evidence for his claims was unable to verify them. And top Republicans have publicly and privately urged Trump to acknowledge that his allegations of voter fraud that year have no basis.
But the former president is refusing to acknowledge that he lost — even as his schemes to deny that loss and remain in power have now led to charges from federal and state prosecutors.
“They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that found to find the RIGGERS!” Trump continued in his Tuesday post.
Georgia prosecutors noted that Trump’s election lies put people’s lives at risk, highlighting the state election workers who faced death threats. Meanwhile, the federal indictment from special counsel Jack Smith cited Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress, which led to at least seven deaths. |
