The Justice Department found that the shooting was justified. He said he's inclined to pardon "a large portion" of the rioters charged over the Capitol attack, and lashed out at a black police officer who shot and killed rioter Ashli Babbitt. Mr Trump also appeared to show little or no remorse for what happened on January 6, 2021, when a mob of his supports stormed the Capitol in a bid to "stop the steal" and halt the certification of Joe Biden's win. He doubled down on the claims that the 2020 election had been "rigged", even though there is no evidence to support the claims, according to state and federal election officials, his own White House aides and campaign workers, and dozens of courts including those with Republican judges. The event highlighted one of Mr Trump's most fundamental challenges as he prepares to take on President Joe Biden again while his tone strikes a chord with Republicans who have always supported him, he has done little to expand his appeal among the moderate voters who soured on him in 2020 - who will be crucial to winning the election. "She's a wack job," he said, drawing laughs from the crowd. Mr Trump insisted he didn't know Carroll, and attacked her in deeply personal terms. The jury this week rejected a claim that he raped her, but awarded her $5 million in damages. The former president called a civil case in New York taken by the advice columnist E Jean Carroll, in which the jury found Mr Trump had sexually abused and defamed her, as "fake news". Īt one point, as host Kaitlan Collins struggled to challenge Mr Trump's claims, the former president snapped: "You are a nasty person."
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The audience of Republican and unaffiliated voters who plan to vote in the GOP primary cheered during the event.įor all the latest news straight to your inbox, sign up for our FREE newsletters here. The live televised event, which was held in front of an audience in early-voting New Hampshire, showed just how challenging it is to fact-check the former president in real-time. In a highly publicized return to the network after years of acrimony, Mr Trump also refused to say whether he wants Ukraine to win the war against Russia, and said the US "might as well" default on its debt obligation - despite that potentially having devastating economic consequences. Former president Donald Trump used a CNN town hall last night to mock the woman a civil jury found him liable of sexually abusing and defaming, as well as to dig in on his 2020 election lies.
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