(CNN)Former President Donald Trump did an extended interview with conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt this week, delivering his usual rollicking performance of false claims about the 2020 election, boasts about his own political influence and ad hominem attacks against other Republicans.
I went through the transcript of the conversation and picked out the Trump lines you need to see. They're below.
1. "Well, I don't know if he actually canceled Christmas."
This is Trump on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is fighting off allegations that his staff broke lockdown rules to hold a Christmas party last year. Also, Trump has zero clue about this story. And away we go!
2. "No, she was, she didn't work for me. She was a lawyer that was representing General Flynn and some others, and she never officially, now she was on our side from the standpoint, I guess, you know, from the standpoint of what she was doing, but she didn't work for me as per se."
Trump is talking about lawyer Sidney Powell who 100% represented him. Here's Rudy Giuliani on November 19: "We're representing President Trump, and we're representing the Trump campaign. When I finish, Sidney Powell and then Jenna Ellis will follow me...There are a lot more lawyers working on this," he added, "but, I guess, we're the senior lawyers." So....
3. "You know, when I was running, 2016, Christmas was like you couldn't say the word. I said the word. And I said we're going to bring back Christmas, and we're going...
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