NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has said he will not hold a news conference next week to reveal what he says is new evidence of fraud in Georgia’s 2020 election, citing advice from lawyers.
In the two and a half years since the election, no credible evidence has been found of Trump’s alleged large-scale fraud. Republican officials in the state — where three recounts confirmed Trump’s defeat of President Joe Biden — have long said he was legitimately defeated.
“Instead of releasing the falsified and stolen 2020 Georgia presidential election report on Monday, my attorneys will do so in official legal filings with compelling and damning evidence of voter fraud and impropriety as we fight to end this disgrace.” indictment,” he wrote on his social media page late Thursday, adding, “Therefore no need for a press conference!”
Trump announced the event hours after a grand jury voted to indict him and others on charges of illegally altering the results of the 2020 election and conspiring to stop a peaceful transition of power.
He said he would use a “major news conference” at a golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Monday morning to announce the “almost comprehensive” report, adding: “Based on the findings of this FIND report, all charges against me and others will be dropped. must – there will be a Full RELEASE!”
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Federal and state election officials and Trump’s attorney general have said there is no conclusive evidence the election was tampered with. The former president’s fraud allegations have been roundly rejected by courts, including judges appointed by Trump.
In Georgia, the state at the center of her latest impeachment, three recounts were held after the election — each confirming her defeat by Biden.
Trump’s advisers have long urged him to spend less time airing his grievances about the 2020 election and more time on his plans for the future. Trump has been warned to watch his public comments. Last week, the federal judge hearing the election conspiracy case against him in Washington warned the former president that there are limits on what he can say publicly about evidence in the investigation as he campaigns for a second term in the White House.
The judge said the more “exacerbating” statements made in the case, the sooner it could go to trial to avoid intimidating witnesses or tainting the jury.
“I will take all necessary measures to preserve the integrity of the case,” he said.
Trump’s continued allegations of cheating in Georgia have drawn criticism from the state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, who Trump has sought to pressure as part of his bid to reverse his battleground defeat.
“Georgia’s 2020 election was not stolen. “For almost three years, anyone with evidence of fraud has been unable to prove anything under oath in court,” Kemp wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who tried to pressure Trump to unilaterally reverse the election results, is now challenging Trump for the Republican nomination.
“Georgia’s election was not stolen and I have no right to prevent the January 6 election,” he said this week.
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