Former President Donald Trump believes the U.S. Supreme Court will “step in” and rule in his favor, keeping Americans on the 2024 primary ballot despite challenges. he told Fox News' Sean Hannity. He has “no intention of depriving the people of their votes.”
President Trump gave an exclusive interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity in New Hampshire. The interview aired Thursday night on FOX News Channel, days before the Granite State's first national primary election, scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Several states, including Maine and Colorado, are considering excluding Trump from their 2024 Republican primary ballots, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called “disqualification clause.” are doing.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump points to a supporter at the end of a campaign rally at the Atkinson Country Club on January 16, 2024 in Atkinson, New Hampshire. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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This provision prohibits anyone from holding public office who has “engaged in insurrection or insurrection” against the United States, or who has supported anyone involved in such a thing.
Trump has never been charged with sedition.
“We appointed three great judges, and we have some great judges as well, and they're not going to take away the vote from the people,” Trump said.
As president, Trump nominated and confirmed Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“If you look at the history of the Iowa primaries…it goes way back…I won the most votes,” Trump said. “You know, nobody's ever won…nobody's ever won. I've doubled, and I've more than doubled.”
Former President Donald Trump speaks after leaving the courtroom for recess at the New York State Supreme Court on December 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Muñoz Alvarez, File)
Trump dominated the Iowa caucuses, winning 98 of 99 counties. He lost one county by one vote. Trump attracted 20 delegates in the state.
“The Supreme Court will say we're not going to take away the vote from the people,” Trump said.
But the former president said it was President Biden who posed a “threat to democracy.”
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“Biden is a threat to democracy, an absolute threat to democracy, and extremely dangerous for several reasons,” Trump said.
The former president said Biden was “totally incompetent and that's the main reason,” but said the president “actually has his own way of doing things.”
The Supreme Court will convene in Washington on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)
“It's not him. It's the people who surround him,” Trump said. “He had some really bad people surrounding him at that desk.”
President Trump said the people running the Justice Department are “young, smart, communists, Marxists, fascists, and they're running this country.”
“They're doing it to the hilt,” Trump said.
But back at the Supreme Court, President Trump said, “I don't think the Supreme Court will do something like that, because you can't take a vote — I'm leading in every poll. He is leading the way, but I am also leading the way.” The rest of the Republicans. ”
President Trump said the Supreme Court “has two very important votes coming up.”
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“One is, as we discussed, we call it Colorado or something, you know, I really believe they're going to let the people vote again.” Mr. Trump said. It's hard to imagine them doing that, and most states have already approved it, but you know, very few states are doing it. ”
“Right now, this is Colorado and a few other places,” Trump said.
But Trump also said the Supreme Court was considering “immunity for the president of the United States.”
“I'm not talking about myself,” Trump said. “What I'm talking about is that any president has to have immunity, because if you take immunity away from a president — which is very important — you have a president who can't do anything. Yes, because when the president leaves office, the opposition president takes power. If they were in the opposition, they would indict the president for doing something good.”
President Trump cited the example of former President Barack Obama, who “made mistakes that resulted in crashes into daycare centers, schools, and apartment complexes.”
“A lot of people were killed,” President Trump said. “Well, if that's the case, he'll be indicted when he leaves office. He meant well. The missile went the wrong way.”
Trump also pointed to Biden.
“Look at Biden. What will Biden do? He's killed our country with his policies,” Trump said. “The border is a disaster. Everything he does is a disaster.”
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President Trump pointed to the Biden administration's withdrawal of U.S. troops and assets from Afghanistan, saying, “We have given our nation $85 billion worth of equipment, killed soldiers, severely injured soldiers, and left people behind. “This is the most embarrassing moment in our history.”
“Well, when he leaves office, if he doesn't have immunity now, I think what he did was terrible, but he probably had good intentions, I don't know, but it's hard to believe. That's what I said,” President Trump said. “But as incompetent as this man is, he must leave the president with immunity.”
He added, “If the president is afraid to act because he's worried about being indicted when he leaves office, then the president of the United States needs immunity, and the Supreme Court will rule on that.'' Dew,” he added.
Trump said “no president would take action” if the president didn't have immunity.
President Trump said, “There will be people who are just sitting in power and are afraid to do anything.''
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to rule on a lawsuit filed by special counsel Jack Smith seeking to dismiss charges against Trump stemming from his January 6 investigation. Mr. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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Trump and his lawyers argue that he should be immune from prosecution because he pushed for an investigation into the 2020 election results while serving as U.S. president.
If the appeals court rules against Trump, the issue will go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
