Trump cancels press conference he claimed would 'acquit' him of Georgia charges

Donald Trump faces racketeering charges in Georgia Photo: AP

Donald Trump canceled a press conference scheduled for next Monday, which he promised to release «hard» evidence to «acquit» himself of racketeering charges in Georgia.

The former president, who was indicted this week in Georgia for conspiring to overturn the state's 2020 election results , said on Thursday that his lawyers would put forward his arguments in court documents instead.

“Instead of publishing a report on Rigged & The stolen 2020 presidential election in Georgia on Monday, my lawyers would prefer to call it, I guess irrefutable and irrefutable. Irrefutable Evidence of Electoral Fraud & Violations of official legal documents,” Trump said on Truth Social.

Therefore, he added, the press conference is no longer necessary.

On Tuesday, Trump said he would release a 100-page dossier at an event scheduled to be held in Bedminster, New Jersey, that would provide «strong» evidence of his innocence.

Prosecutors on Monday filed 13 charges related to with alleged «criminal enterprise» racketeering in the state after he lost the presidential election to Joe Biden.

The allegations against Donald Trump in Georgia

Mr. Trump responded to the allegations by accusing Attorney Fannie Willis of she is “out of control and very corrupt.”

Lawyers seek trial in case dated January 6, 2026

On Thursday, Trump's lawyers requested an April 2026 trial date for federal charges that he conspired to cancel the 2020 election well after next year's presidential election. that Attorney General Jack Smith is pushing to open the case on Jan. 2, one of four prosecutions Trump has faced in the midst of his White House re-election campaign.

«The public interest is in justice and a fair trial, not in a rush to reach a verdict,» the ex-president's lawyers said in a statement.

They argued that processing so many documents in the case would require months.

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«Assuming we can begin reviewing documents today, we will need to continue at a rate of 99,762 pages per day to complete the government's initial preparations for the proposed jury selection date,» they said. they.

“This is the whole of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, from cover to cover, 78 times a day, every day, from now until the jury is elected.”

Judge Tanya Chutkan has to decide the date of the court session, August 28.

“The government’s proposed (January 2) date for the court session strikes the right balance between the accused’s right to prepare a defense and the public’s strong interest in a speedy trial of the case,” — said Mr Smith previously said in a lawsuit asking him to start January.