Trump's lawyers have argued his comments at the Save America rally nearly a year ago - in which he said, "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore" - are protected by the "absolute immunity" afforded to presidents and by the First Amendment. But the cancellation of the January 6 press conference means Trump won't deliver public remarks just days before a crucial court hearing in cases alleging that he encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol.Īny remarks at the press conference would almost surely have complicated the hearing, scheduled for January 10 in Washington, DC, federal court, where a judge is set to hear Trump's arguments for dismissing lawsuits filed by Democratic lawmakers and Capitol Police officers. Trump now plans to share his views about January 6 and the 2020 election during a rally on January 15 in Arizona. He is very reckless when he speaks in front of an audience," said Rizwan Qureshi, a former prosecutor in the US attorney's office in Washington, DC, which is handling the hundreds of criminal cases stemming from the Capitol riot. "It is a really boneheaded move because we know he does not pull any punches. Still, legal experts told Insider the twice-impeached former president would've run the risk of talking himself into deeper trouble. He did not indicate whether his lawyers advised him against the event. Trump late Tuesday abruptly canceled the event that had been set to take place at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, blaming what he called the "total bias and dishonesty of the January 6th Unselect Committee of Democrats, two failed Republicans, and the Fake News Media." Trump now says he'll talk about January 6 and the 2020 election at a rally in Arizona on January 15.ĭonald Trump has spent his postpresidency embroiled in lawsuits and investigations, a swirl of legal scrutiny that would keep a more careful person quiet.īut on the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, Trump wanted to do just the opposite and hold a press conference - until he didn't. Legal experts said Trump's remarks would have run the risk of digging him a deeper legal hole. ![]() ![]() Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Imagesĭonald Trump canceled a press conference set for the first anniversary of the Capitol attack. Donald Trump canceled a press conference at Mar-a-Lago just days before a court hearing over claims he incited the January 6 attack.
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