Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had canceled a press conference scheduled for next week to release a report into the 2020 election in Georgia, saying his attorneys would put his arguments in court filings instead.
    • hauntology@lemm.ee
      37·
      1 year ago

      Look, we had the report, ok? It was complete and it was an amazing report, a perfect report, it was just so good. Some say it was the best report they ever saw. My lawyers said, Donald, how did you come up with this, are you a lawyer? Because it was just so perfect. If only they knew! I’m better than any lawyer! And then Obama, this guy… where was he even born? Who is this guy? He sends his vicious dogs after me, they almost got me, these thugs, these evil dogs… and they ate my report. He was so jealous of my report! Look, believe me, ok, I’ll rewrite the report. It will be even better. The best. Believe me.

      • hdnsmbt@feddit.de
        11·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, but those are understandably delayed while he prepares his tax returns to be released “soon” (as of Jan 24, 2016).

  • mookulator@mander.xyz
    921·
    1 year ago

    He just needed to feed the idea of it to his base. They won’t know or care that it was an imaginary report, and will never hear that the press conference was canceled.

  • ghostBones@lemmy.world
    67·
    1 year ago

    There seems to be a long established pattern where Trump daydreams about irrefutable and overwhelming exoneration and then decides it should be true and tells everyone about it. Narcissists have a tendency to create shitstorms and then daydream about escapist fantasies to evade the consequences they always create for themselves.

    • makyo@lemmy.world
      29·
      1 year ago

      It’s a proven pattern as well - the braindead followers see him tweet the words ‘REPORT’ and ‘EXONERATION’ and they assume it’s a a done deal and don’t bother to follow up to verify the actual evidence.

      If it was Putin I’d say it’s probably an intentional strategy, but with Trump it’s probably more lizard brain instinct gained from his years of grifting.

      • jonne@infosec.pub
        17·
        1 year ago

        I mean, it’s your classic real estate sales person. You’ll say and do anything to make the sale, and afterwards you try to weasel out of your fancy promises.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
          4·
          1 year ago

          Normally with a state agency it all comes tumbling down the moment you actually view the property.

          Oh I see, so when you said picturesque what you meant was microscopic and when you said a lively night life what you meant was it’s in the middle of a gang turf war.

          • jonne@infosec.pub
            2·
            1 year ago

            But when you’re selling a building that’s yet to be built, people hand you money without you having to show anything. It’s why developers are such scumbags.

  • girlfreddy@mastodon.social
    622·
    1 year ago

    @tst123

    Ofc he did. His lawyers probably threatened to quit if held it.

    But it would have been funny as hell to watch multiple prosecutors use his lies against him in court.

    • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
      18·
      1 year ago

      Oh that is still going to happen friend, don’t you worry. He may have canceled this press conference, but there is a never ending supply of other stupid things Trump has said on video (and/or) written down to choose from.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    35·
    1 year ago

    Did he suddenly find that the overwhelming evidence he promised simply does not exist? Or did his lawyers reign him in?

    • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
      7·
      1 year ago

      “Rather than releasing the Report on the Rigged & Stolen Georgia 2020 Presidential Election on Monday, my lawyers would prefer putting this, I believe, Irrefutable & Overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud & Irregularities in formal Legal Filings,” Trump said on Truth Social.

      His lawyers assured them they’re totally going to put it all in their formal report, and then promptly tossed it in the shredder when he left the room.

  • JoKi@feddit.de
    34·
    1 year ago

    his attorneys would put his arguments in court filings instead.

    Sure, they will…

  • Gargleblaster@kbin.social
    30·
    1 year ago

    Now this is where dragging out cases is going to work against him.

    Trump needs to STFU until next year.

    Fat fuckin’ chance of that happening.

  • Captain Howdy@lemm.ee
    14·
    1 year ago

    Is this moron capable of thinking further than 15 minutes into the future? Did he think people would forget about this magical report that would exonerate him?