Newsweek reports:
Former President Donald Trump spoke about “executing people” during his tenure, former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin said on a Mediaite podcast.
The former aide mentioned an interview between CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Trump’s former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr from April. Griffin said that Collins “asked about an anecdote that I had shared about a meeting he and I were both in the Oval Office where Trump straight up said a staffer who leaked a story should be executed.”
She added: “And Bill Barr kind of danced it and said, ‘I don’t recall that specific instance,’ but there were others where we talked about executing people. How do you rationalize that is a person fit in sound judgment to be president of the United States?”
Read the full article. In a statement to Newsweek, Trump’s campaign spokesman did not deny Griffin’s claim. Earlier this month, Trump denied having ever called for imprisoning Hillary Clinton, something he did many times during televised rallies.
Donald Trump spoke about “executing people”: Former aide says https://t.co/VBuU7D9Oiw pic.twitter.com/UcP1fFP0wP
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 14, 2024
Ex-Trump Official Makes Stunning Revelation: Trump Talked About Executing People At Several WH Meetings https://t.co/D2MfRjAELW
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) June 15, 2024
Bill Barr suggests Trump talked about executing people on several occasions, unable to recall the specific instance @alyssafarah referenced but thinking of others. “The president would lose his temper and say things like that…” pic.twitter.com/z3pJIquHug
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 27, 2024