Donald Trump Says He Had 'Every Right' to Interfere in 2020 Presidential Election

Mar. 15, 2025

Donald Trump on Aug. 29, 2024.Photo:Bill Pugliano/Getty

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Donald Trumpmay be facingfederal and state chargesfor allegedly trying to interfere withthe 2020 presidential election, but he believes his actions were justified.

Thetwice-impeachedformer president, wholost the 2020 electionto PresidentJoe Biden, said in an interview onFox News’Life, Liberty & Levinon Sunday, Sept. 1, that he had “every right” to interfere with the presidential race.

“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,” said Trump, 78, perThe Hill. “When people get indicted, your poll numbers go down.”

Donald Trump, President Joe Biden.Luke Hales/Getty; Jonathan Hordle-WPA Pool/Getty

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That same month, the state of Georgia alsopresented a 41-count, 98-page indictment against Trumpand18 other defendantsrelated to the case.

Although the former president initially faced 13 felonycounts, includingracketeering(violation of the Georgia RICO Act), Fulton CountyJudge Scott McAfee threw out three of the charges in March.

Former U.S. President and current Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks about the economy, inflation, and manufacturing during a campaign event at Alro Steel on August 29, 2024 in Potterville, Michigan.Bill Pugliano/Getty

Trump went on to say during his appearance on Fox News’Life, Liberty & Levinthat “this is the worst case of election interference that anyone’s ever seen, certainly in our country.”

“They do this in Third World countries; they have some of it in South America, but they don’t do it a lot, believe it or not. But they do it,” he said, according to The Hill.

“And it’s such a bad precedent because people are going to think about it differently, and they’re going to think about it differently,” he continued. “And it’s very sad, actually.”

In March,Trump secured more than half of the GOP delegates, officially becoming the Republican nominee for president in 2024. He will face off against Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in November.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event at Harrah’s Cherokee Center on August 14, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina.Grant Baldwin/Getty

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Sarafina Chitika, a Kamala Harris campaign spokesperson, responded to Trump’s interview in anews releaseon Monday, Sept. 2.

“Everything Donald Trump has promised on the campaign trail — from ‘terminating’ the Constitution, to imprisoning his political opponents and promising to rule as a dictator on ‘day one’ — makes it clear that he believes he is above the law,” her statement read. “Now, Trump is claiming he had ‘every right’ to interfere in the 2020 election. He did not.”

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“While Donald Trump is pushing his false history about the past, the American people are ready for a new forward,” the statement continued. “They know Vice President Harris is the tough-as-nails prosecutor we need to turn the page on chaos, fear, and division, and uphold the rule of law.”

source: people.com