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Watch: Fuming Donald Trump calls CNN's Kaitlin Collins ‘nasty person’
CNN Townhall Donald Trump: Kaitlin Collins asked him why he did not comply with a Justice Department subpoena for classified records he took to Mar-A-Lago.
Former US President Donald Trump called CNN moderator Kaitlin Collins a “nasty person” at the end of a town hall as she asked him questions about January 6 and his legal problems. In his first interview on CNN since 2016, Donald Trump refused to concede his 2020 electoral loss and maintained his repeated false stolen election claims.
When Kaitlin Collins asked him why he did not comply with a Justice Department subpoena for classified records he took to Mar-A-Lago, he said, “It’s very simple to answer. You’re a nasty person, I tell ya.”
The audience cheered and burst into laughter as Donald Trump added that he was “negotiating” with the National Archives and Records Administration to turn over the remainder of the documents.
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He said he “had every right” to take documents and “didn’t make a secret of it,” while repeating his claim that the records were “declassified” when he removed them.
During the interview, Donald Trump repeatedly clashed with the moderator. The “nasty person” line that he used was closely reminiscent of an insult he threw at Hillary Clinton during a 2016 debate when he called her a “such a nasty woman” while she expressed plans to raise taxes on the wealthy if elected.
The interview came after a federal jury in New York found Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll and then defaming her.
