Trump says he peacefully transferred power after ‘rigged’ 2020 election and would again in 2028

Former President Donald Trump pledged to peacefully transfer power to the next president come 2028 if he is elected for another term in 2024 while also claiming he allowed for a peaceful transfer in 2021 — despite the election being “rigged.”

Speaking with Hugh Hewitt on Friday, Trump said he would “of course” peacefully surrender his power at the end of a second term.

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Not stopping there, the former president told Hewitt, “I did that this time,” referring to 2021 when President Joe Biden was inaugurated.

“I’ll tell you what,” Trump added. “The election was rigged, and we have plenty of evidence of it. But I did it anyway.”

“The other question you should ask is you should ask the other side, ‘will you cheat on the elections,’ because the only way we’re going to lose is if they cheat on the elections,” he continued.

Hewitt responded, “I would ask Joe Biden that, but Joe Biden doesn’t do interviews.”

The question over Trump’s commitment to a peaceful transfer has resurfaced in the 2024 election cycle as critics point to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, during which supporters of the then-president broke into the Capitol with the intention of stopping certification of the 2020 election.

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Trump’s culpability as it relates to the events of Jan. 6 is currently being litigated. A date of March 4, 2024, has been set in special counsel Jack Smith’s case against Trump for interference in the 2020 election. Left-wing legal groups have additionally made efforts across the country to keep the former president off of state ballots, but many such attempts have failed. However, Colorado became the first state to rule Trump ineligible to appear on its ballot on the basis of the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause.

Additionally, despite lingering beliefs among several prominent Republicans, including Trump, and Republican voters that the results of the 2020 election were incorrect, evidence has not been found to prove widespread fraud took place.