Axios, on a story that is getting surprisingly little attention:

Former President Trump said he had “every right” to interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election a Fox News interview that aired Sunday.

Why it matters: Trump’s recent remarks on election integrity and personal attacks on his opponents instead of policy talk have been at odds with his re-election campaign’s strategy, Axios’ Sophia Cai previously reported.

• The former president also faced freshly revised charges last week from special counsel Jack Smith in his federal Jan. 6 case.
• “It’s so crazy that my poll numbers go up. Whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election where you have every right to do it,” Trump told host Mark Levin. “You get indicted and your poll numbers go up.”
• Trump has been convicted in one of the four criminal cases he’s faced since 2023. The three other cases against him have either stalled or been dismissed.

Zoom out: Smith’s new indictment Tuesday came after the Supreme Court’s summer ruling that presidents have immunity for “official acts” severely undercut the original indictment filed in August 2023.