Trump tries to defend ‘just say the election was corrupt’ demand

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Donald Trump insisted on Saturday that when he told senior justice department officials to Just say that the election was corrupt [and] leave the rest to me", he was not attempting to subvert US democracy, but to uphold the integrity and honesty of elections and the sanctity of our vote".

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