Trump Promises To Leave White House If Electoral College Declares Biden Winner

President Donald Trump on Thursday promised to leave the White House on Jan. 20 if the Electoral College declares President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election.

Trump held a press conference on Thanksgiving evening where reporters pressed him on whether he would concede and leave the White House once the Electoral College formally certifies Biden’s win.

"Certainly, I will. And you know that," Trump said.

However, the president also said that it would be very hard to concede due to "massive fraud" during the election, NBC News reported. He also noted that proclaiming Biden the winner is "a mistake."

"It’s going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud. I don't know what is going to happen. I know one thing, Joe Biden did not get 80 million votes," Trump added.

"You’re going to see things happening over the next week or two that are going to be shocking to people."

During the 35-minute question-and-answer session, Trump reiterated his claims that the election was stolen from him because of "fraudulent votes" in swing states. He also spoke of plans to hold a campaign-style rally in Georgia on Saturday.

"Speaking of Georgia, we’re going there. I spoke with the two great senators today. I'll probably be going on Saturday."

His claim was echoed by Attorney Sidney Powell, who the Trump campaign clarified is not part of Trump's legal team. Powell filed a lawsuit in Georgia on Wednesday evening that alleged Constitutional violations within the election results.

The lawsuit, which cited fact witnesses, expert witnesses and statistical impossibilities, named Gov. Brian Kemp and Chair of the Georgia State Election Board Brad Raffensperger as the defendants.

The 104-page filing argued that tens of thousands of votes were impacted by "massive fraud" that led the state to sway in favor of President-elect Biden. The lawsuit also alleged that election software and hardware did not allow for an audit of misallocation, redistribution, and deletion of votes, Fox News reported.

“The scheme and artifice to defraud was for the purpose of illegally and fraudulently manipulating the vote count to make certain the election of Joe Biden as President of the United States,” the lawsuit read.