Trump Shocks Sean Hannity By Admitting He'd Break The Law

Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Sean Hannity this week, and it didn't take long for things to go off the rails. Hannity tried to get Trump to admit that he would NEVER take documents from the White House knowing that it wasn't allowed, to which Trump said that not only was it allowed (it isn't), but also that he would DEFINITELY do it. Hannity tried to help, but Trump blew it up. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

So on Monday evening, Donald Trump made his triumphant return to Fox News after being soft banned for about six months. And Trump sat down with Sean Hannity, and Hannity did his best to help protect Trump. You know, set him up with these softball questions like just admit you would never break the law. And then we'll go from there. Let me read you this exchange of this interview that, by the way, even conservatives on Fox have said is the worst interview Donald Trump has ever done. They are shocked by how bad Donald Trump performed, and it's because of this exchange that I'm about to read to you. Sean Hannity asked Trump, I've known you for years. I can't imagine you ever saying, bring me some of the boxes that we brought back from the White House. I'd like to look at them. Did you ever do that? I would've the right to do that.

Trump said, there's nothing wrong with it. So Hannity gets a little nervous. He's like, but I know you. I don't think you would do it. And then Trump responded, I don't have a lot of time, but I would have the right to do that. I would do that. And then Hannah, he was like, all right, let me move on. And Trump didn't want him to move on. So Trump kept doubling down on, yeah, I'd break the law. Trump says, this is the Presidential Records Act. I have the right to take stuff. I have the right to take stuff and look at stuff. I have the right to look at stuff. Have your lawyers literally not explained to you what the Presidential Records Act is? The Presidential Records Act doesn't say that all records belong to the President. It says that any record pertaining to the president must be preserved.

That's what it is. It's not that, oh well, the president just gets to have it cuz it's the Presidential Records Act. And here you are on live TV admitting even when Hannity's trying to get you to say, no, I wouldn't break the law. You're like, oh yeah, I'd break the law. Hell yeah, I'd do it again. You got a box of documents here. I'll look through 'em right now. I'll do it on live tv. You just watch me. Not not a good legal defense. I understand why conservatives are so upset with this interview and poor little Sean Hannity right there, right? I mean, you're just lobbying these softballs. Like just say, you are not a criminal and Trump can't even do that. He's like, no, I'm totally a criminal. I will definitely do that. I don't understand the law. I think the Presidential Records act means that I get to look at all of the records. I imagine his lawyers were watching that segment and banging their heads against their desks because it's pretty damning. That's really bad. You're gonna have to go into court and answer questions about this interview now, because there you have Donald Trump on live tv. I actually think it was pre-recorded. But anyway,

It aired live admitting that he did it, that he would continue to do it, and that he feels that he has the right to do it because he doesn't understand how the law works or what the law says that can and will be used against you in a court of law. It's an admission. You may not have been under oath, but you play that in front of a jury that has to decide your fate on whether or not you broke the law. They're gonna be like, oh yeah, this guy did it. We know he did it. Cuz he's saying right there that I did it.