Trump had previously scheduled a press conference at his Florida resort on the first anniversary of the storming of the Capitol, an idea criticized by some Republicans.
... [+]Trump said in a statement Tuesday the cancellation was due to the “total bias and dishonesty” of a House committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021, as well as the “Fake News Media.”the press conference to take place at his Mar-a-lago resort in Florida, intending to attack Republicans who did not endorse his false voter fraud claims.Key Background
Trump has consistently downplayed the Capitol riot and criticized the House committee’s investigation into the attack over the last year, claiming the root cause of the insurrection was to protest a “rigged” election. A request from the committee to view Trump Administration documentsa Supreme Court ruling after Trump sued to block their release, and Trump has often derided the group as the “Unselect Committee” and questioned the intentions of the two Republicans on the panel, Reps.
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