Former US President Donald Trump, who was previously accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, said he had every right to interfere in that election. Trump spoke about this in an interview with Fox News.
“Has anyone heard of this, where he would be accused of interfering in the presidential election, which he had every right to do?” – Trump asked, referring to the charges against him.
He once again criticised the US Justice Department for its attitude towards him, saying that he had “become a target for persecution”. According to him, the criminal proceedings against him only increased his ratings.
According to the results of the 2020 US presidential election, the current head of state joe biden received 306 electoral votes, Trump – 232. The latter claimed that the Democrat won thanks to electoral fraud.
Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, as the election results were being certified there, and took over the building for several hours. Five people died during the clashes.
The US presidential election will be held on November 5, 2024. According to a poll published in mid-August by the NYT and the Siena College Research Institute, the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris leads Trump by 4 percentage points in the key states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The US vice president has the support of 50% of voters, while the former president has the support of 46%.
Four criminal cases have been opened against Trump in the United States. He is suspected of improper storage of secret documents and falsifying financial documents (“case Stormy Daniel“), in connection with the storming of Congress in January 2021, as well as an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. On July 1, the US Supreme Court ruled that a politician has immunity from prosecution for all actions committed during his presidential term.
