Donald Trump acknowledged that lawyers and members of his campaign staff told him that he had lost the 2020 presidential election and advised him not to push election fraud cases. It was entirely his decision, the former president said, to push false claims that the election was rigged and he had been cheated of victory.
"In many cases, I didn't respect them," Trump said of his advisers and attorneys during an interview with Kristen Welker on NBC's "Meet the Press," which aired Sunday. "But I did respect others. I respected many others that said the election was rigged."
