By Misty Severi. Media: Washingtonexaminer
Former President Donald Trump claimed he would be exonerated of all charges listed in the Georgia indictment next week after he releases a “detailed” report on the alleged voter fraud in the state during the 2020 election.
Trump announced that he would hold a press briefing on the report on Monday in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he would go over the report. Trump also said it should exonerate the 18 other people who were listed in the indictment and face their own charges.
“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. on Monday of next week in Bedminster, New Jersey,” Trump said in a Tuesday morning post on Truth Social, his social media website.
“Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & 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!”
The former president and his lawyers, including Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, were among 19 people named in a 41-count indictment that was released late Monday night, which accuses the defendants of unlawfully conspiring to conduct and participate in a “criminal enterprise” following Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Trump was indicted on 13 counts, which include racketeering charges, by a grand jury after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis presented her findings from a nearly yearlong special grand jury investigation. The latest indictment is Trump’s fifth indictment in his fourth criminal case. In one case, special counsel Jack Smith released a superseding indictment in his federal investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents.
The late-night proceedings included arrest warrants for those charged, but Willis has given Trump and his cohort until Aug. 25 to turn themselves in. Trump is expected to plead “not guilty” if the charges are not dropped as he predicts next week.
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