"You know, actually Bolton was good because everybody, every time I negotiated, people said, 'Oh, they've got this maniac here, he's going to go to war with us,'" Trump said. Trump said that, if elected in 2024, one change he would make from his first term is to surround himself with "really great strong people," and named Barr and John Bolton, his national security adviser. Trump said former Attorney General Bill Barr is "a coward," after Barr said the evidence in the indictment related to Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents is "damning."
Trump also took aim at several of his former Cabinet members during the interview. Trump then got in a testy back and forth exchange with Baier, who told the former president: "You lost the 2020 election." Criticizing his former Cabinet members "First of all, I won in 2020 by a lot," Trump said. When Baier asked Trump what his message would be to win back a hypothetical independent female voters who did not support Trump in 2020 and now disapproves of President Biden, Trump ignored the question.
The former president's 2024 presidential campaign is in full swing, but at times Trump still seemed more concerned about 2020 than 2024.
"These boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things: golf shirts, clothing, pants, shoes." Still promoting lies about the 2020 election "Before I send boxes over, I have to take all of my things out," he said. The boxes with classified documents were packed with magazines, old newspapers, clothing, and personal items, according to Trump. "And I was very busy," Trump added, "as you’ve sort of seen." I don't want to hand that over to NARA yet." "I wanted to go through the boxes and get all of my personal things out. Here are five takeaways from Trump's interview on Fox News: Why the classified documents were not returnedĪfter Baier pressed Trump on why he did not return the boxes of classified documents to the National Archives and Records Administration earlier, Trump said the boxes were packed with personal items and that he was "very busy." In a contentious interview with Fox News' chief political anchor Bret Baier, Trump denied allegations of mishandling classified materials, promoted lies about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, and discussed his 2024 presidential bid. The trial in the case is set to begin as soon as Aug. Trump and Nauta were arraigned in Miami federal court on June 13, where they pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Trump and his personal aide, Walt Nauta, were indicted by a grand jury earlier this month for allegedly violating federal laws related to the recovery of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago after Trump departed the White House. Former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination, continued to defend his decision to keep classified documents at his Florida resort as he faces 37 federal charges related to allegations of mishandling classified materials.
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