A grand jury in Georgia indicted Donald Trump for conspiring with 18 others to attempt to " unlawfully change the outcome of the election" in his favor. The case analyzes the role of the Republican and others in the weeks after the 2020 presidential elections. According to the prosecutor, Fani Willis, all the defendants have until noon on Friday, August 25, to turn themselves in.
In addition to criticizing the prosecutor and the prosecution itself, Trump said he could present new evidence that shows manipulation in the Georgia elections, in which Biden surpassed him by 0.23 percentage points.
On Tuesday, the current presidential candidate said he would reveal a "broad, complex, detailed, but irrefutable" report that would be enough to have the charges filed against him and the other defendants dropped. He scheduled the speech for next Monday, August 21, in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Other defendants include Trump's former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani; former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows; former White House counsel John Eastman; and a former Justice Department official, Jeffrey Clark.
"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!" he wrote on his Truth Social account.
Kemp's response
The governor of Georgia has already fought with Trump over this issue, which resulted in the candidacy of David Perdue in 2022. The former president convinced the former senator to challenge the incumbent in the primaries, hoping to leave Kemp without a job, something that ultimately did not materialize.
Kemp successfully won the Republican nomination and defeated his rival by more than 50 percentage points. He also took advantage of this momentum to beat Stacey Abrams in the generals.
The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen.
For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward - under oath - and prove anything in a court of law. Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible, and fair and will continue to be as long as I… pic.twitter.com/jaru2iBDo7
— Brian Kemp (@BrianKempGA) August 15, 2023
When Willis brought the issue back into the spotlight, Trump returned to his claims that the Georgia election had been rigged, something he claimed to be able to prove. The governor responded by X, formerly Twitter, claiming that "the 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen."
"For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward-under oath- and prove anything in a court of law. Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible and fair and will continue to be as long as I am governor."
Finally, he indicated that the United States has more important problems to address, referring to the presidential elections in 2024. He encouraged all Republicans in the country to focus their energies on figuring out how to beat Joe Biden. "The future of our country is at stake in 2024, and that must be our focus," he said.
