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Story · January 2, 2022

Trump cancels Jan. 6 press conference at Mar-a-Lago

By The Daily Fuckup Newsroom · From The Daily Fuckup: Backfill Edition — January 2, 2022

Trump pulls a planned Jan. 6 appearance days before the anniversary Confidence 5/5
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Donald Trump scrapped a planned press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club on Jan. 4, 2022, two days before the first anniversary of the Capitol attack. In a statement, he said the event was off because of what he called the “bias and dishonesty” of the House committee investigating Jan. 6 and the news media. ([washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cancels-jan-6-news-conference-at-mar-a-lago-blames-news-media-and-house-committee-investigating-attack-on-capitol/2022/01/04/7dac1d9e-6db4-11ec-aaa8-35d1865a6977_story.html?utm_source=openai))

Trump said he would bring up the same topics at a rally scheduled for Jan. 15 in Arizona. The canceled appearance had been set for Jan. 6, when Congress and the White House were marking the anniversary of the assault on the Capitol. ([washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cancels-jan-6-news-conference-at-mar-a-lago-blames-news-media-and-house-committee-investigating-attack-on-capitol/2022/01/04/7dac1d9e-6db4-11ec-aaa8-35d1865a6977_story.html?utm_source=openai))

The move pulled a high-profile Trump appearance off the calendar at a moment when Jan. 6 was already drawing fresh attention. It also removed a possible stage for him to repeat familiar claims about the 2020 election and the investigation into the attack, which he has rejected as partisan. ([washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cancels-jan-6-news-conference-at-mar-a-lago-blames-news-media-and-house-committee-investigating-attack-on-capitol/2022/01/04/7dac1d9e-6db4-11ec-aaa8-35d1865a6977_story.html?utm_source=openai))

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