Iran Press/ America: “It was my decision, but I listened to some people,” Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in a Sunday interview.
Trump has been indicted over his efforts to subvert the 2020 election results. He has pleaded not guilty in all cases and denied any wrongdoing.
A central premise of special counsel Jack Smith’s case, according to his indictment of the former president, is that Trump knew the election claims he was making were false after being told by close aides that he had lost but disseminated them anyway to make them appear legitimate – all in service of an alleged criminal conspiracy.
“I was listening to different people, and when I added it all up, the election was rigged,” Trump told Kristen Welker in the interview, again pushing the false claim as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
“You know who I listen to? Myself. I saw what happened,” Trump said.
The former president said he didn’t listen to his attorneys, who told him he lost the election because he didn’t respect them.
Smith’s federal election interference investigation is one of four criminal cases against the former president. Trump faces four charges in Smith’s case, including obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Trump was also charged in a sweeping Georgia indictment accusing him of being the head of a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the 2020 election.
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