Trump’s CNN town hall was a mess of lies — and utterly predictable

Neither CNN nor its host were able to take control as the under-fire former president played steamroller, much to the audience’s delight. Adam Gabbatt reports from New York

Donald Trump lied about election fraud and about the January 6 insurrection. Photo: AP/Evan Vucci

It began and ended in a way that absolutely everyone could have predicted.

Appearing at a CNN town hall, Donald Trump immediately launched into a series of debunked, nonsense claims about election fraud, speaking nearly non-stop for more than five minutes.