Georgia governor Brian Kemp disavowed claims that the 2020 Presidential Election in the state was stolen.
Kemp made his remarks in an X post also sharing former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday Truth Social post announcing he would present a “large, complex, detailed,” and “irrefutable” report on presidential election fraud in Georgia next week.
“The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen,” wrote Kemp. “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,” he said. “The future of our country is at stake in 2024 and that must be our focus.”
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
In a Tuesday morning post, the former President announced he would present a report on election fraud next week from New Jersey.
“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 wrote on Truth Social, adding all charges should be dropped against himself and associates “based on the results” of the upcoming “conclusive” report. “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!”
On Monday, Trump was indicted by Fulton County, Georgia district attorney Fani Willis over allegations of violating the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Eighteen others have been charged along with the former President over the RICO Act and other alleged acts to conspire in regards to the 2020 presidential election.
Every individual charged, including Trump, is charged with one count of violating the RICO Act in Fulton County and elsewhere “to accomplish the illegal goal of allowing Donald J Trump to seize the presidential term of office, beginning on January, 2021,” said Willis.
“The indictment alleges that rather than by abide by Georgia’s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia’s presidential election result subsequent to the indictment, as is the normal process in Georgia law,” she said. “The grand jury issued arrest warrants for those who are charged.”
Defendants have been given the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on Aug. 25, Willis said.
“I remind everyone here that an indictment is only a series of allegations based on a grand jury’s determination of probable cause to support the charges,” she concluded. “It is now the duty of my office to prove these charges in the indictment beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.”
All 19 defendants will be tried together.
This is Trump’s fourth indictment.
