A former White House lawyer who served under Donald Trump has expressed doubts about the credibility of an upcoming report on electoral fraud that the former president plans to release. Ty Cobb stated in an interview with CNN that Trump’s announcement of the report is merely a public relations move aimed at causing chaos. Cobb further speculated that the document could potentially be used as evidence against Trump, suggesting that it may be considered fiction and intended to contaminate the jury pool.
The report, which Trump plans to present during a major news conference next week, is said to provide evidence of election fraud in Georgia during the 2020 election. According to Trump’s claims, the report will exonerate him and 18 other individuals who have been charged with racketeering and conspiracy in relation to their efforts to change the election results in the state. Trump took to social media to assert that based on the conclusive findings of the report, all charges against him and the others should be dropped.
The indictment in Georgia’s case against Trump and his co-defendants alleges that they participated in a conspiracy to unlawfully alter the outcome of the election in Trump’s favor. The indictment specifically names lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, as well as Mark Meadows, Trump’s former White House chief of staff, and Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official. It states that Trump and his co-defendants refused to accept his loss and willingly joined in an illegal plot to change the election results.
The interview with Ty Cobb, in which he discusses the report, can be watched below. The discussion regarding the upcoming document begins at the 5:12 mark.
Overall, there are concerns about the credibility and motives behind Trump’s impending report on electoral fraud. While the former president promises a bombshell revelation that would absolve him and his associates of wrongdoing, critics like Cobb believe that the document may end up backfiring and being used as evidence against Trump himself. The anticipation surrounding this report continues to fuel the ongoing debates surrounding the 2020 election and its aftermath.