The Daily Populous Monday September 2nd, 2024 evening edition
Authored by huffpost.com and submitted by UWCG

Donald Trump on Sunday tried to defend himself from the criminal charges he’s facing in the election interference case ― but experts say it sounded more like a confession.

Trump on Fox News bragged that his poll numbers go up every time he’s indicted.

“Whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election, where you have every right to do it, you get indicted, and your poll numbers go up,” he said.

Trump: Who ever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election where you have every right to do it. pic.twitter.com/EneMFJg7kD — Acyn (@Acyn) September 2, 2024

Trump is facing charges in multiple jurisdictions and cases, including election interference in a criminal case filed in federal court in Washington. Last week, he was reindicted to comply with directions from the Supreme Court, which in July ruled that Trump was immune from prosecution for “official acts.”

On Sunday, however, Trump flat out said he had “every right” to have been “interfering” with the election.

Lawmakers, former prosecutors, attorneys and other legal minds were ready with a fact-check ― and some said it sounded like Trump was admitting to a crime:

Dear @realDonaldTrump: Are you seriously this stupid? You think President Biden has the right to interfere in the upcoming election? Do you want VP Harris to do what you tried to get former VP Mike Pence to do? Are you really this dumb?

Also, interfering in elections is illegal. https://t.co/9ceSd99K1t — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 2, 2024

That’s what you call a confession. https://t.co/G4AhUc1Kyk — MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 2, 2024

There's no right to "interfere" with a presidential election. This is the banality of evil right here—Trump asserting he can override the will of the voters to claim victory in an election he lost. And, he will do it again. We must vote against him in overwhelming numbers. https://t.co/S0ECtVdPOt — Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 2, 2024

I love that Trump uses the word "interfere" thereby making the case against himself. — Elizabeth de la Vega 🇺🇸🦅 (@Delavegalaw) September 2, 2024

A transcript of this interview might be helpful for the sentencing memo your office is drafting https://t.co/OFB9tDLG4z — Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) September 2, 2024

Criming and then confessing to the criming.

That’s a Trump specialty. https://t.co/mK3HiH76kc — Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) September 2, 2024

In his defense, Trump’s not wrong to suggest that indicting a President for interfering with an election is without precedent. Then again, so is a President interfering with an election. So that’s where we are. https://t.co/QuYL9AwB3k — Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) September 2, 2024

To be clear: NO ONE “has a right to interfere in a presidential election” nor indeed any other election. It is against the law to do so. It is a violation not only of law, but indeed of every oath that son of a bitch and his enablers swore. https://t.co/90ptLsccuT — (((Denise A Rubin))) (@DeniseARubin) September 2, 2024

MrFeverDreamJr on September 2nd, 2024 at 11:24 UTC »

I’m tired of legal minds nailing trump. How about the actual consequences of the laws get him?

i_should_be_coding on September 2nd, 2024 at 10:44 UTC »

The guy has never faced consequences in his life. Only the promise of eventual consequences that he can always postpone. I don't really know what anyone is expecting of him.

UWCG on September 2nd, 2024 at 10:02 UTC »

> “Whoever heard, you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election, where you have every right to do it, you get indicted, and your poll numbers go up,” he said.

As much as I want to be pleased that "Oh, he admitted it, this should be a slam dunk case," I feel a bit like John Oliver with the "we got him" button—sure, he went on national TV on one of the most-watched networks and more or less confessed.

Just like any of the other awful things he's done his entire life and gotten away with: first because he was born with a gilded spoon into the lap of privilege, and now because for some reason a significant chunk of our country apparently wants a buffoon dictator and follows his cult—aided by one of our major political parties deciding to make him into an even bigger cult figure because they care more about profit and power than the future of the nation and the people they're elected to serve.