"What They’re Doing Is Election Interference" - Trump Speaks to Reporters After Being Booked in Georgia

Following his booking in Fulton County, Georgia, Donald Trump briefly spoke to reporters, slamming the charges. 

“Thank you very much for being here. I really believe this is a very sad day for America, and it should never happen.  If you challenge an election… you should be able to challenge an election. I thought the election was a rigged election, a stolen election, and I should have every right to do that,” Trump said to reporters.  

He continued; “As you know, you have many people that you've been watching over the years do the same thing, whether it's Hillary Clinton or Stacey Abrams or many others. When you have that great freedom through challenge, you have to be able to otherwise you can have very dishonest elections.  "What has taken place here is a travesty of justice. We did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong.  And everybody knows that I've never had such support.”

Trump then pointed out the irony in the situation - that the recent onslaught of questionable charges against Trump themselves constitute election interference; “What they're doing is election interference or trying to interfere with an election. There's never been anything like it in our country before. This is their way of campaigning and this is one instance, but you have three other instances. It's election interference. So, I want to thank you for being here. We did nothing wrong at all. And we have every right, every single right to challenge an election that we think is dishonest, that we think it's very dishonest. So, thank you all very much, and I'll see you very soon. Thank you very much."

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Trump’s mugshot was released shortly after, which Trump shared in his first post to the platform formally known as Twitter since his account was suspended on January 6, 2021. 

 

https://t.co/MlIKklPSJT pic.twitter.com/Mcbf2xozsY

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2023