Baier asked, referring to a central claim by federal prosecutors in last weeks indictment.
I had clothing in there.
I had all sorts of personal items, and they are much, much stuff.
He was a coward.
These boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things, golf shirts, clothing, pants, shoes.
There were many things.
Baier interjected, Iran war plans?
Not that I know of, but, not that I know of, Trump responded.
You know, this is still secret, highly confidential.'
So, you say on this on tape.
Trump responded, I didnt, later insisting there was no document.
That was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about Iran and other things.
Baier told him, You lost the 2020 election.
There were recounts in all of the swing states.
There was not significant widespread fraud, Baier said.
Trump said, We were trying to get recounts, real recounts.
Baier then told Trump, There were investigations of widespread corruption.
There was not a sense of that.
Trump continued to insist that Wisconsin practically admitted that it was rigged.
Baier then noted that fewer than 475 cases of voter fraud were found in six battleground states.
They were not looking at the right things.
They were counting ballots, not the authenticity of the ballots, Trump insisted.
Baier then tried to press Trump, Are you going to go tell this to that independent suburban voter?
In April, Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.
The networks news side, however, declared Biden the winner the Saturday after the election.
So, why did you hire all of them in the first place?
Because I hired 10-1 that were fantastic, Trump said.
At least in the clip, Trump did not challenge that version of events.
The first part of the interview will air on Fox NewsSpecial Reportat 6 p.m.
ET on Monday, and the second part the following evening.
And I gave them some, Trump said.
Baier responded, And then they said they went to DOJ to subpoena you to get it.
Trump responded, Which theyve never done before.
Baier then asked, Why not just hand them over then?
Because I had boxes.
I want to go through the boxes and get all my personal things out.
I dont want to hand that over to NARA yet.
And I was very busy as you have sort of seen.
Trump responded, Before I send boxes over, I have to take all my things out.
These boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things.
He also denied having a document with war plans, Baier said.
This was Trumps first interview with Baier since 2018.
