Former US President Donald Trump, who is facing federal and state charges for allegedly trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden, insists he had “every right” to interfere in the election.
“Whoever heard that you were indicted for interfering in a presidential election when you had every right to do so?” Mr. Trump asked in an interview on Fox News that aired Sunday.
A federal indictment accuses Trump of defrauding the United States by preventing Congress from certifying Biden’s victory and depriving voters of their right to a fair election. He faced a revised federal indictment last month accusing him of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Trump faces similar charges in Fulton County, Georgia, where he has also been accused of racketeering, a practice used to target members of organized crime groups and punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
The case, which is on hold while a state appeals court weighs the district attorney’s role, stems from a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call in which Trump urged Georgia’s top election official, Brad Raffensperger, to “find” enough votes to reverse his narrow defeat in the state. Raffensperger refused to do so.