Trump To Travel To Pennsylvania To Join Giuliani At GOP Hearing On Voter Fraud Allegations
Topline
President Donald Trump has canceled a trip to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, where he was reportedly planning to join his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, for a Republican-led state Senate Majority Policy Committee meeting to discuss allegations of fraud related to the 2020 presidential election.
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Key Facts
CNN broke the story of the outing overnight Tuesday, noting the hearing was not on Trump’s public schedule, and that the planning was being “handled internally as an unannounced movement.”
Early Wednesday, Fox News confirmed the president’s travel plans include a trip to the Keystone State.
However, the trip was canceled, according to a White House pool report, after Giuliani was exposed to a second person who tested positive for Covid-19 in just the last week.
Key Background:
The trip to Pennsylvania would have been the president’s first time leaving Washington, D.C.-area since Election Day. Before the cancelation, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted that some of Trump’s aides had “tried to talk him out” of attending Wednesday’s meeting. Some of the president’s advisers “were kept in the dark about this, underscoring how disjointed the president’s team has become in the two weeks since Nov. 3,” Haberman reported, adding, “others tried telling him this is a mistake. Among other things, Trump is likely to announce a 2024 campaign soon, and this is brand building.” On Saturday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Trump campaign that sought to invalidate millions of votes. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania certified the state’s 2020 general election results, which delivered 20 electoral votes for Biden.
What To Watch For:
CNN reported Wednesday morning that the president was considering attending a similar event in Michigan next week.
Further Reading:
Trump to join Giuliani at Pennsylvania GOP meeting on election irregularities, source says (Fox News)
Trump is expected to join Giuliani at Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers’ voter fraud event (CNN)
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