Former President Donald Trump has canceled a press event set for Aug. 21 that he’d intended would unveil a “conclusive” report proving election fraud in Georgia.
Instead, his lawyers will present the findings as evidence in court, the former president announced on his social media site Truth Social.
“Rather than releasing the Report on the Rigged & Stolen Georgia 2020 Presidential Election on Monday, my lawyers would prefer putting this, I believe, Irrefutable & Overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud & Irregularities in formal Legal Filings as we fight to dismiss this disgraceful Indictment by a publicity & campaign finance seeking D.A., who sadly presides over a record breaking Murder & Violent Crime area, Atlanta,” he wrote.
“Therefore, the News Conference is no longer necessary!”
The decision followed an earlier announcement on Aug. 15 where President Trump said he would release a “large, complex, detailed” and “irrefutable” report.
He had planned the press conference to unveil the report at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club on Aug. 21.
“Based on the results of this conclusive report, all charges should be dropped against me and others—There will be a complete exoneration!” he previously wrote on Truth Social.
It comes after a grand jury voted to criminally charge President Trump and others on Aug. 14, with charges related to his efforts to dispute the 2020 election results in Georgia.
President Joe Biden had won Georgia by less than a quarter of a percentage point, becoming the first Democrat to win the state in 28 years. Georgia’s contested presidential election results were certified in favor of President Biden on Dec. 7, 2021, after three recounts that all yielded figures in his favor.
President Trump has repeatedly asserted that the 2020 election was affected by fraud and irregularities in multiple states, including in Georgia. He had also accused Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of being uncooperative in efforts to review and verify the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.
