Trump said he had made “beautiful statements” on the day of the attack.
repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television, saying he would “tell people later at an appropriate time.”
In the interview, taped Thursday at Trump’s golf club in New Jersey, Trump refused to say who he called as the violence unfolded. “Why would I tell you that?” he said. with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot and more than 600 have pleaded guilty or been convicted. As he pushed to overturn the election, Trump relied on a band of outside allies who undertook what federal prosecutors have called a “criminal scheme” to fraudulently overturn the 2020 resultsTrump was asked in the interview why he didn’t listen to those lawyers.“In many cases, I didn’t respect them. But I did respect others. I respected many others that said the election was rigged.”
Trump also said he was pleased to hear Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent remarks praising Trump for suggesting that he were elected to the White House again, he would negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.“Well, I like that he said that. Because that means what I’m saying is right,” Trump said on NBC.
Trump repeatedly declined to say whether he would support a federal ban on abortion and he criticized a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy that was signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of Trump’s top rivals in the presidential primary.Trump said he did not care whether abortion was ultimately banned at a federal level or settled by laws in each state. The U.S.
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