President Trump in a new interview aggressively defended his Justice Department's indictments of some of his political rivals, dismissing questions about whether it amounted to retribution.

"No, it's the opposite. I think I've been very mild-mannered," Trump said in an interview with Norah O'Donnell on CBS News's "60 Minutes."

"You're looking at a man who was indicted many times, and I had to beat the rap," Trump said during the interview released Sunday. "Otherwise I couldn't have run for president. They tried to get me not to run for president by going after me and by indicting me."

O'Donnell pressed Trump on the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James and former national security adviser John Bolton, all of whom have been outspoken crit

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