On Tuesday Donald Trump announced he plans to hold a press conference on January 6th. The date marks one year since rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol while lawmakers certified the 2020 election results for Joe Biden.
“I will be having a news conference on January 6th at Mar-a-Lago,” he said Tuesday in a statement released by his Save America PAC.
The Hill reports:
“Why isn’t the Unselect Committee of highly partisan political hacks investigating the CAUSE of the January 6th protest, which was the rigged Presidential Election of 2020?” Trump said in his statement Tuesday announcing the news conference.
The former president went on to cite several states where he claimed “the numbers don’t work for them, or even come close.” He also sought to reframe the November 2020 election as “the insurrection,” instead of the day his supporters overran the Capitol in an attempt to block certification of the electoral results.
“I will be having a news conference on January 6th at Mar-a-Lago to discuss all of these points, and more,” Trump said. “Until then, remember, the insurrection took place on November 3rd, it was the completely unarmed protest of the rigged election that took place on January 6th.”
Earlier this week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced that her office intended to hold a “prayerful vigil” and a discussion among historians on the upcoming anniversary of the attack.
Trump has also hinted at launching another presidential campaign in 2024 but has yet to officially confirm any plans.