Former President Jimmy Carter questioned Friday whether President Trump legitimately won the 2016 election over Hillary Clinton, arguing Trump is only in office because "the Russians interfered."
The 94-year-old Democrat was speaking at a Virginia forum moderated by presidential biographer Jon Meacham, who asked how the U.S. should "deal with Russia" interfering in the country's ability to have "free and fair elections."
Carter answered by calling on Trump to acknowledge the interference and "condemn it"
"I think a full investigation would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election, and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf," he said at the Carter Center event.
Meacham followed up by asking Carter if he was characterizing Trump as an "illegitimate president." Carter sat silently for a few seconds as the crowd laughed before responding: "Basically, what I just said, which I can’t retract.”
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