What did Donald Trump say on Fox News?

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Former President Donald Trump denied wrongdoing in connection with his latest indictment and disputed suggestions that the charges against him could hurt his chances of winning the Republican nomination in an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier that aired on monday

Right now I have the best polls I’ve ever had, Trump said in his first TV interview since the impeachment. People see this thing for what it is, it’s a political witch hunt, it’s a continuation.

A Quinnipiac poll released last week found Trump’s popularity among Republicans largely unchanged after he was indicted on 37 federal charges for his handling of classified documents. The poll found that 53% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters support Trump, followed by 23% who support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Tied at 4% support are former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, RS.C., and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Asked about his past comments on protecting classified information and his thoughts on Pence, who said he could not defend Trump’s actions as alleged, Trump criticized Pence and denied he had done anything wrong.

Like every other president, I put stuff out and in my case I put it out a little too hastily but people packed it in and we left, Trump said. I have clothes in there, I have all kinds of personal things in there, many, many things.

Baier asked Trump why he had not turned over the documents requested by the National Archives and Records Administration, or NARA, and Trump said it was because I had boxes that I wanted to go through and release all of my personal thing.

I don’t want to hand over to NARA yet and I was very busy as you’ve sort of seen, he said.

If Trump does face President Joe Biden again, his chances may depend on returning voters who turned to him in his last campaign. But he had no clear answer when asked how to win over at least one group: independent women voters in the suburbs.

For the female independent voter in the suburbs who has struggled to support her family because of inflation, she is now against Biden, she does not approve of Biden, but you are not with us in 2020 and it is still difficult for you in 2024, what is can you tell the female suburban independent voter who feels that way, to get her back? Baier asked.

First of all, I won a lot in 2020, let’s get that straight, Trump said.

You know that’s not what the vote shows, Baier responded. You lost the 2020 election.

Baier cited depositions in swing states that showed there was no significant mass fraud and more than 50 lawsuits by Trump’s lawyers, some before judges he appointed, that found no evidence of mass fraud.

In the interview, Trump talked about his plans if he were to serve a second term, and said he wanted to be less adversarial but didn’t think he would win that way.

I would like to be less combative but I find the press is very dishonest and if Im not combative I dont get my word across, he said. If I’m not a fighter, I don’t think you’ll win.

Trump has said inflation, the border and military buildup will be his top concerns in a second term.

He also said his family would not be involved in his administration if he won again, like his former daughter and son-in-law Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

It’s too painful for the family, Trump said. No one has gone through what my family has gone through.

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