Former president Donald Trump walked out on an interview with Piers Morgan after the British broadcaster challenged him about his false claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
In a contentious exchange, Morgan told Trump that he had not produced “hard evidence” of voter fraud, prompting the former president to lash out, according to the New York Post.
Trump has perpetuated widely debunked claims that voter fraud cost him reelection, an allegation rejected by the courts and exhaustive state analyses. A mob of pro-Trump supporters, stoked by those claims, stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to try to stop the count of electoral votes certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s win.
Morgan said Trump initially tried to end the interview with the words “That’s it!’ but remained in his seat to discuss the recent hole-in-one he scored while playing golf. Trump then turned to the crew members and told them to turn off the cameras.
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