Donald Trump, the former president, claimed on Sunday that he had “every right” to meddle in the 2020 election, even though he was facing two criminal allegations against him. The Kamala Harris campaign claimed on Monday that Trump’s remarks demonstrated his belief that he was “above the law.”
During a Sunday interview with Fox News, Trump launched an extensive tirade against the Justice Department and its handling of him, alleging he was singled out. Trump speculated that his followers didn’t initially buy the criminal allegations, which is why he was amazed that they had no effect other than to increase his poll numbers.
“Have you heard that when you are charged with tampering with a presidential election, even though you have every right to do so, your popularity rises?” stated Trump. The number of persons in your poll drops when they are indicted. But that was just so ridiculous.
Trump was indicted once more last week in an attempt to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. He is charged with attempting to carry out a multifaceted operation that included attempting to deny voters the right to vote in some states and tampering with the election results by falsely claiming it was stolen, even though he was aware of the falsity of those assertions. According to the authorities, the violent attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was sparked by Trump’s fraudulent statements. In Fulton County, Georgia, he is accused of meddling in elections on identical grounds.
Sarafina Chitika, a spokesman for the Harris campaign, attacked Trump’s remarks on Monday, claiming they were just another illustration of the “chaos, fear, and division” that the country was experiencing under his leadership.
“It is evident from everything Donald Trump said during the campaign trail—from ‘terminating’ the Constitution to putting his political rivals in jail and vowing to establish dictatorship on ‘day one’—that he feels above the law. Trump is now asserting that he has “every right” to meddle in the 2020 presidential race. In a statement, Chitika claimed, “He did not.”
In July, the Supreme Court strengthened the presidents’ protection from prosecution if their actions are connected to official acts. The amended indictment from last week was written with consideration for the recent decision.