Former President Donald Trump has promised to hold a press conference with the stated goal of presenting evidence of widespread fraud in Georgia in the 2020 election.
However, his legal team is reportedly urging him not to do so.
ABC News reported on Thursday, “Former President Donald Trump’s promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed up by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office is now very much in doubt.”
“Sources tell ABC News that Trump’s legal advisers have told him that holding such a press conference with dubious claims of voter fraud will only complicate his legal problems and some of his attorneys have advised him to cancel it,” it added.
Trump has repeatedly claimed there was widespread fraud that altered the results of the 2020 election.
However, several recounts and legal challenges failed to substantiate his claims.
The former president was indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on Monday.
He was charged with felony racketeering and other conspiracy charges following an investigation into his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the election in Georgia.
After the charges, Trump took to Truth Social, writing, “A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete [and] will be presented by me at a major News Conference.”
“Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me [and] others – There will be a complete EXONERATION! They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!” he added.
MAGA UPDATE: Trump says an "irrefutable report on the Presidential Election Fraud" will be released next week. "Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others – There will be a complete EXONERATION!" pic.twitter.com/yUTWbSSRBX
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 15, 2023
However, former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb told CNN on Tuesday night the event could backfire as the report could be used as evidence against him in a trial.
Additionally, he said it could spark an obstruction charge for the author of the report as it is “likely to be fiction and solely for the purpose of contaminating the jury pool.”
And former Vice President Mike Pence rejected Trump’s claims of fraud in Georgia during a speech at the National Conference of State Legislatures summit on Wednesday.
“It’s important that we hew to the first principles and that we tell the truth to the American people…No one is above the law,” Pence said.
He added, “Despite what the former president and his allies have said for now more than two and a half years, and continue to insist to this very hour, the Georgia election was not stolen and I had no right to overturn the election on January 6.”
