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From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Trump: he had “every right to” interfere with a presidential election
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Former President Donald Trump claimed in an interview that aired Sunday that he had “every right to” interfere with a presidential election as he faces an updated indictment in the federal election interference case against him. “It’s so crazy that my poll numbers go up. Whoever heard — you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election where you have every right to do it — you get indicted and your poll numbers go up,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. Special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment last week in his investigation into alleged efforts by the former president and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. The new indictment slims down the allegations against the 2024 Republican presidential nominee in light of the Supreme Court’s controversial immunity ruling, though none of the four charges have been dropped. Trump also said in the interview that the way Vice President Kamala Harris “treated Mike Pence was horrible.” Pence, who served as Trump’s vice president, has been critical of Trump after the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and has said he won’t endorse Trump in 2024. Pence was targeted that day by a mob of pro-Trump supporters — including some chanting “Hang Mike Pence” — who were trying to stop the election results from being certified. Trump continues to falsely claim that Pence had the power to stop the certification of the results. Trump was initially talking about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing, which then-Sen. Harris took part in. “She was vicious. Oh, she was the most vicious,” Trump said of Harris. “She was going after them. Just like with Mike Pence, where she said, ‘You’re interrupting me, I want to talk.’” The former president, who is set to debate Harris next week, was referencing the viral moment from the 2020 vice presidential debate in which Harris said to Pence, “I’m speaking” when he was interrupting her. |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Trump: he had “every right to” interfere with a presidential...
URL: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4860098-trump-conway-interference-election/
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George Conway on Trump’s claim he had ‘right’ to interfere in 2020: ‘Frankly incriminating’ by Miranda Nazzaro - 09/03/24 3:06 PM ET Share Post Conservative attorney George Conway slammed former President Trump for claiming he had “every right” to interfere with the 2020 election, calling it “frankly incriminating.” “If I were a lawyer, I tell him he has the Fifth Amendment right to stuff a sock in his mouth but he’s not capable of doing that, and he continually makes remarks that are frankly incriminating,” Conway said Tuesday on CNN. Trump, in an interview that aired earlier this week on Fox News’s “Life, Liberty & Levin,” said, “It’s so crazy, that my poll numbers go up. Whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election, where you have every right to do it, you get indicted, and your poll numbers go up. When people get indicted your poll numbers go down.” “His statement there in that interview with Mark Levin that to the effect that he had the perfect right to interfere with the election, is an admission that he tried to interfere with the election and that he wasn’t trying to enforce federal law and act in his capacity as president of the United States,” Conway said. “He was trying to win an election that he clearly lost.” Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, was responding to a suggestion from host and lawyer Mark Levin that President Biden or Vice President Harris could have told the attorney general to “knock it off,” in reference to the federal election interference case. The former president faces federal charges in Washington for his alleged actions to subvert the 2020 election results. He is separately charged in Georgia with racketeering and other state counts related to an alleged scheme to overturn the state’s election results. The remarks came days after special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment in the federal election subversion case in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling in July. The nation’s high court ruled presidents have absolute immunity for actions that fall within the core responsibilities of their office and are “at least presumptively immune” for all other official acts. Trump has repeatedly claimed he should be immune from the charges as a result. Conway argued Tuesday the case is “every bit as strong as it was before,” stating Smith removed portions of the indictment “that weren’t really necessary to prove” the alleged crimes. “And I think actually the case gets stronger because it becomes more focused. And I think the more you focus it in on, particularly the false electoral certificates and attempts to pressure state officials, I think the stronger the case becomes,” Conway said. The Hill reached out to the Trump campaign for further comment. |
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From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Trump: he had “every right to” interfere with a presidential...
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If you listen closely...you can hear three more of Trump's lawyers throwing their arms up and quitting. |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Trump: he had “every right to” interfere with a presidential...
| i thought they were just throwing up...lol... |
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