Will Trump accept results of the election? “If ...”

Donald Trump wouldn’t commit to accepting the results of the presidential election in November.

“If it’s a fair and legal and good election, absolutely,” Trump said.

The former president, who refused to acknowledge his loss in 2020 and made false claims of fraud, didn’t provide his criteria for honoring the outcome.

This was originally published on our Live Updates page.

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Mark Niesse

Mark Niesse covers voting rights and elections for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He also reports on the Georgia House of Representatives and government. He has been a reporter at the AJC since 2013 following a decade at The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Ala.

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