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President Donald Trump walked off an interview with NBC News that aired Sunday when challenged on his and the .
Trump was speaking with host Kristen Welker in a barn in Chippewa Falls, Wis., on Friday about his proposal for a that has been sidelined since critics claimed it would be used to pay his allies and supporters, including some who took part in the Jan. 6 riot.
Welker asked Trump if the 172 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers—and whom Trump pardoned at the start of his second term—deserved payouts. Trump, without substantiating, claimed that the FBI actually ushered rioters inside the Capitol and that the individuals only pleaded guilty out of fear of getting harsher sentences. Welker told Trump there was no evidence behind his claims, to which he responded, “There’s a lot of evidence,” without offering any specifics.
The President then repeated his longstanding claim that the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden, was rigged, and that a “dirty” election was “happening again right now” in California, where several , including for governor. Democratic former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has so far advanced to the general election, with Trump-backed Republican trailing close behind as votes continue to be counted in the top-two—regardless of party—primary.
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