Trump called out by legal experts for 'confessing' to election interference in interview with Mark Levin

WASHINGTON, DC: GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump claimed he had "every right" to interfere with the 2020 presidential election during an interview with Fox News host Mark Levin on Sunday, September 1.

Trump's remarks on Fox News were mocked by legal experts and they slammed him for "confessing" to his crimes on air after the interview viral online.

Levin, a lawyer himself, was discussing the GOP nominee's ongoing legal concerns when he asked, "This election interference never ends, does it?"

"Actually, but you know the good news it's so crazy that my poll numbers go up. 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?" replied Trump, before adding, "When people get indicted, your pull numbers go down."

Election interference charges against Donald Trump

Donald Trump's brag came at a time when he is facing four federal charges over attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Newsweek reported.

The charges include conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

After pleading not guilty to all charges, Trump was provided further relief by the US Supreme Court when it ruled back in July that former presidents had immunity for all official acts undertaken while holding office.

However, Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a revised indictment against Trump on August 27, narrowing the scope of the previous charges in light of the SCOTUS ruling.

A section of the previous indictment that accused Trump of trying to utilize the Justice Department to overturn the election results was removed from the new indictment.

Experts call out Donald Trump's remarks

Legal analyst and MSNBC host Katie Phang shared retweeted the viral clip from the interview, writing, "Criming and then confessing to the criming. That’s a Trump specialty."

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance commented on the clip, "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."

"We’re now at that remarkable point where Trump’s sociopathic narcissism is working synergistically with his advancing dementia, leaving us with an incredibly nasty, malevolent, and Machiavellian bowl of oatmeal," stated psychologist Dr David A Lustig, sharing the video.

The outrage over Trump's remarks spread across social media with netizens taking to Reddit to lash out at the former president.

One Reddit user wrote, "If he was a regular citizen he would be behind bars right now. Instead, this guy could become the president. This system is f**ked."

"Still waiting to find out if laws matter anymore," said another.

"How broken is the system that a man basically gives a confession like this and he is still practically untouchable?" asked one person.

"Literally nothing seems to ever happen to this man regardless of what he says or does," commented another.

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