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"Whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a
presidential election where you have every right to do it?"
Trump said in a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday.
A federal indictment accuses Trump of defrauding the U.S. by
attempting to prevent Congress from certifying Biden's victory
and deprive 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's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in
an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the
2020 election results after weeks of false claims by Trump that
he had won.
Trump faces similar charges in Fulton County, Georgia, where he
was also charged with racketeering, which is used to target
members of organized crime groups and carries a penalty of up to
20 years in prison.
That 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 loss
in the state. Raffensperger declined to do so.
Trump, who is the current Republican candidate for president,
has not said whether he would unconditionally accept the results
of the Nov. 5 election if his Democratic rival, U.S. Vice
President Kamala Harris, wins.
In a statement on Monday, Harris' campaign said Trump's latest
comments to Fox News and his previous remarks "make it clear
that he believes he is above the law."
"Now, Trump is claiming he had 'every right' to interfere in the
2020 election. He did not," a Harris campaign spokesperson said
in the statement.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh; Editing by Ross
Colvin, Mark Porter and Sandra Maler)
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