<span></span><header class="Article__Header"><div class="Article__Header__Branding"><p class="Article__ContentFlag Article__ContentFlag--link"><span class="LiveCircle"><span class="LiveCircle-circle"></span><span class="LiveCircle-title-red">APPLENEWS - STORY ADD</span></span></p></div><div class="Article__Headline"><h1 class="Article__Headline__Title">Trump 2020 election charges live updates: Former president calls indictment 'pile-on'</h1><p class="Article__Headline__Desc">Trump spoke to ABC News after the sweeping federal indictment was unsealed.</p></div></header><div class=""><div><div class="FeaturedMedia"><div class="ResponsiveWrapper"><aside class="InlineElement InlineElement--content-width InlineElement--desktop InlineVideo FeaturedVideo" aria-label="Video"><div class="SingleVideo"><div class="MediaPlaceholder relative MediaPlaceholder--16x9 cursor-pointer" aria-hidden="false"><figure class="Image aspect-ratio--parent MediaPlaceholder__Image"><div class="Image__Wrapper aspect-ratio--child"><img aria-hidden="false" alt="" class="" data-mptype="image" src="https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/230801_abc_spev_trump_indictment_hpMain_16x9_608.jpg" width="100%" height="auto"></div></figure><div class="MediaPlaceholder__Overlay absolute-fill flex flex-center-all"><div aria-hidden="true" class="MediaPlaceholder__Pill items-center absolute flex">13:28</div></div></div><div class="Caption__Wrapper"><div class="Caption"><p class="Caption__Title" aria-hidden="true"><span class="RichText">Trump indicted by federal grand jury in 2020 election probe: Sources </span></p><div class="Caption__TextWrapper"><div class="Caption__Text" aria-live="polite"><span class="Truncate Truncate--collapsed"><span><span class="RichText">The indictment in in regard to the special counsel’s probe into the former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources said. </span></span></span></div></div><span aria-label="ABCNews.com" class="RichText Caption__Credit">ABCNews.com</span></div></div></div></aside></div></div></div></div><div class="ScrollSpy_container"><span></span></div><div class="Developments"><h1 class="Developments__Header">Latest headlines:</h1><ul class="Developments__List"><li class="Developments__ListItem"><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-2020-election-indictment-charges/trump-describes-latest-indictment-as-pileon-election-interference-101943777?id=101943446">Trump describes latest indictment as 'pile-on,' 'election interference'</a></li></ul><div class="Developments__Footer">Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.</div></div><hr><div><div class="LiveBlog--posts"><div><div class="LiveBlog__post post_101943777"><div class="ScrollSpy_container"><span></span><div class="Post"><div class="Post__Timestamp Post__Timestamp--latest"><a class="AnchorLink" tabindex="0" href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-2020-election-indictment-charges/trump-describes-latest-indictment-as-pileon-election-interference-101943777?id=101943446"><div class="undefined--recent">Aug 02, 6:32 AM EDT</div></a></div><h1 class="Post__Header">Trump describes latest indictment as 'pile-on,' 'election interference'</h1></div><hr></div></div></div></div></div><div class="Article__Footer Article__Footer--news"><div class="StoryDivider StoryDivider--logo"><hr><img alt="ABC News" class="Image Logo Logo__xxxl" data-mptype="image" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" width="100%" height="auto"><hr></div></div><div class="sponsored-headlines relative sl-wrapper w-100 taboola"></div>

Live updates on the criminal charges facing former President Donald Trump in connection with his alleged attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election.{ai:summary}<p>Former President Donald Trump called the recent indictment against him a "pile-on" and "election interference." He expressed confidence in his poll numbers and his ability to defeat President Joe Biden in the upcoming election. #politics</p>

Trump 2020 election charges live updates: Former president calls indictment 'pile-on'

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