Former President Donald Trump continues to falsely allege that he was the victim of widespread fraud during the 2020 presidential election, a claim that has never been proven by any widely accepted authority.
Now, after an overall fourth indictment, this time in Georgia, Trump claims he’ll soon be presenting a report that outlines purported evidence of this nonexistent fraud — evidence he claims should lead to his exoneration. The most recent indictment specifically relates to efforts he and allies of his undertook in Georgia targeting that state’s election results from 2020.
“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 early Tuesday in a Truth Social post. “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!”
Investigations after the 2020 presidential election were already conducted at local, state, and national levels, and nothing of the variety that Trump claims was found. A recent example is the state investigation in Georgia that was undertaken with assistance from the FBI and dealt with allegations of misconduct involving Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, a mother and daughter who served as election workers in 2020. The investigation found nothing to the claims. Trump himself, though, has propagated conspiracy theories about these women long after leaving office, even posting purported audio of a conversation involving one of them with accompanying captions that it wasn’t even clear were correct.
Also charged in Georgia are a variety of individuals associated with the former president, from Rudy Giuliani to John Eastman. Mark Meadows, who was chief of staff in the White House when Trump left office, was also accused of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer for what was evidently his involvement in Trump’s infamous call with Brad Raffensperger.
