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Trump vows to release ‘irrefutable’ report exonerating him in Georgia election-tampering case

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Published Aug. 15, 2023
Updated Aug. 15, 2023, 5:37 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump claimed Tuesday he will share an “irrefutable” report next week proving there was 2020 presidential election fraud after being indicted for allegedly tampering with the race’s results in Georgia.

The former president announced on Truth Social that he will present the “CONCLUSIVE Report” to the media at a press event Monday in Bedminster, NJ, where his Trump National Golf Club just hosted a Saudi-backed LIV golf tournament over the weekend.

“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,” the current leading 2024 GOP presidential contender wrote.

Trump, 77, was indicted Monday on 13 counts by a Georgia grand jury for allegedly violating the law while trying to remain in power despite losing the election to former Vice President Joe Biden.

The raps against him include violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law, conspiracy, false statements, and asking a public official to violate their oath of office.

Former President Donald Trump greets supporters and sign autographs during the final round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.
Donald Trump says he will share an “irrefutable” report proving there was 2020 presidential election fraud after being indicted for allegedly tampering with the race’s results in Georgia. AP
Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies and supporters were indicted Monday by a Georgia grand jury in connection with his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the Peach State.
Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies and supporters were indicted Monday by a Georgia grand jury in connection with his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the Peach State.

He is also charged in three other criminal cases — in Manhattan, Miami, and Washington, DC — while facing a total of 91 counts and potential prison sentences adding up to 712 years and 6 months. 

Eighteen alleged co-conspirators were indicted along with Trump in the Georgia case, including his lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and Kenneth Chesebro, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, ex-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and the former president’s 2020 Election Day director of operations Michael Roman.

President Donald Trump speaks during an Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit in the South Court Auditorium of the of Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, December 8, 2020.
The former president announced on Truth Social that he will present the “CONCLUSIVE Report” to the media at a press event Monday in Bedminster, NJ. UPI

“Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others – There will be a complete EXONERATION!” Trump wrote in his Truth Social posting. “They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!”

He followed up the Tuesday morning post with another reading simply: “WITCH HUNT!”

All 19 defendants are charged with Georgia’s equivalent of the federal RICO statute, which can be used against any group of individuals deemed to use criminal means to attain an objective.

The acronym refers to the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Former President Donald Trump signs autographs before the start of the final round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.
Trump is also charged in three other criminal cases in Manhattan, Miami, and Washington, DC, while facing a total of 91 counts and potential prison sentences. AP

What we know about Trump and the 18 others charged in the Georgia 2020 election probe

Donald Trump

  • Former president of the United States
  • Faces 13 charges related to allegedly lying about election tampering involving the 2020 presidential race in Georgia and repeatedly trying to get state officials to violate their oaths and claim there was voter fraud.
DONALD TRUMP
Former President Donald Trump faces 13 charges involving the 2020 election. EPA/Alex Edelman

Rudy Giuliani

  • Ex-New York City mayor and former federal prosecutor-turned-Trump lawyer
  • Faces 13 charges for leading Trump’s election challenges while allegedly conspiring to commit crimes while impersonating a public officer and filing false documents.

Mark Meadows

  • Ex-White House chief of staff
  • Faces two charges over arranging a Jan. 2 call by Trump to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to try to reverse the state’s election results, after a Dec. 23 call by Trump to Frances Watson, chief investigator for the Georgia secretary of state, to do the same thing.

John Eastman

  • Trump lawyer
  • Faces nine charges for urging then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject Biden electors, claiming in a court filing that about 72,000 people illegally voted in Georgia and speaking at a rally before Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to disrupt certification of the election.
JOHN EASTMAN
Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, talks to reporters after a hearing in Los Angeles, June 20, 2023. AP/ Jae C. Hong

Jeffrey Clark

  • Ex-acting assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s Civil Division
  • Faces two charges over writing a late December document allegedly falsely claiming the Justice Department had “identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states, including the State of Georgia.”

Kenneth Chesebro

  • Trump lawyer
  • Faces seven charges including for planning for alternate electors to allegedly try to thwart the election results.

Sidney Powell

  • Trump lawyer
  • Faces seven charges including computer theft, invasion of privacy and efforts to defraud the state after making voter-machine fraud claims and trying to access voter files.
Sidney Powell, an attorney for former President Donald Trump
Sidney Powell faces two charges including for allegedly soliciting a public officer. AP/ Balce Ceneta

Jenna Ellis

  • Trump lawyer
  • Faces two charges including for allegedly soliciting a public officer to violate their oath by pressuring state senators to support alternate electors for Trump while falsely claiming election fraud.

Ray Smith

  • Trump lawyer
  • Faces 12 charges including for allegedly conspiring to supporter the alternate slate of electors and pressuring officials while helping to lead Trump’s Georgia election challenges.

Mike Roman

  • Trump campaign aide
  • Faces seven charges including for allegedly conspiring to support the alternate electors and committing fraud while working on the plan.

Trevian Kutti

  • Ex-Kanye West publicist
  • Faces three charges including for allegedly soliciting false statements by meeting with election worker Ruby Freeman for one hour to pressure her to admit to ballot-stuffing at a vote-counting center.

Harrison Floyd

  • Ex-executive director of Black Voices for Trump
  • Faces three charges including for alleged conspiracy to solicit false statements by helping Kutti to pressure Freeman, including by allegedly saying her safety was at risk and offering protection.
Rep. Mark Meadows
Rep. Mark Meadows, the ex-White House chief of staff, faces two charges over arranging a Jan. 2 call by Trump to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Stephen Lee

  • Illinois pastor
  • Faces five charges including for allegedly attempting to influence witnesses and solicit false statements by pressuring Freeman, including traveling to her home and speaking with a neighbor.

Robert Cheeley

  • Georgia lawyer
  • Faces 10 charges including perjury and conspiring to impersonate a public officer when presenting alleged fraud evidence to legislators.

Misty Hampton

  • Ex-official in Coffee County, Georgia
  • Faces seven charges including conspiring to commit election fraud, computer theft and invasion of privacy after falsely alleging voter-machine fraud.

Scott Hall

  • Bail bondsman
  • Faces seven charges for being involved in the Coffee County voter-machine fraud claims.

Cathy Latham

  • One of 16 alternate Georgia electors for Trump
  • Faces 11 charges including for impersonating a public officer, forgery and lying in a deposition about her role in pressing voter-fraud claims in Coffee County.
David Shafer
David Shafer faces eight charges, one of them being impersonating a public officer. AP/John Bazemore

David Shafer

  • One of 16 alternate Georgia electors for Trump
  • Faces eight charges including for impersonating a public officer, forgery and lying about his role in convening the alternate electors for a meeting Dec. 14.

Shawn Still

  • One of 16 alternate Georgia electors for Trump
  • Faces seven charges including for impersonating a public officer, forgery and lying to state senators to falsely claim that two state officials confided there was widespread fraud.

“[The] Defendants … [30] unindicted co-conspirators … and others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, constituted a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in … false statements and writings, impersonating a public officer, forgery, filing false documents, influencing witnesses, computer theft, computer trespass, computer invasion of privacy, conspiracy to defraud the state, acts involving theft, and perjury,” the 98-page indictment read.

While arraignment dates have not yet been set, prosecutors said at a press conference Monday evening that they gave Trump and his co-defendants until noon Aug. 25 to surrender to the court.