Defiant Trump says he ‘did nothing wrong’ and will ‘never’ drop out of 2024 race after indictment

Former President Donald Trump was interviewed by Fox News’s Tucker Carlson Tonight on Tuesday where he denied any wrongdoing following his recent indictment.

Trump insisted that he did “absolutely nothing wrong” in regards to his alleged 2016 hush money payment scheme and refused to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. “I’d never drop out,” he asserted. “It’s not my thing. I wouldn’t do it.”

Trump currently faces 34 criminal charges and was arraigned in a Manhattan courthouse last week. Despite his legal woes, Trump’s poll numbers are on the rise with a Morning Consult poll released on Tuesday showing him garnering 56% of Republican primary voter support.

In addition to his legal troubles, Trump will reportedly return to New York City on Thursday for a deposition related to New York Attorney General Letitia James’s civil fraud lawsuit against Trump and his three adult children.

During the interview, Trump also criticized the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, including Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and emphasized the threat of nuclear war as “the single greatest threat the world has.” He later praised Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “brilliant man.”