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Fox News host Jesse Watters claimed during his opening monologue on Wednesday that the left-leaning ‘mainstream media’ is attempting to “goad” President-elect Donald Trump into prosecuting his political opponents so they can claim they were right.

After playing several clips of Trump’s recent interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker, in which she repeatedly asked if he would be “going after” key Biden administration officials — including the 46th president himself — Watters noted: “The media is goading Trump into prosecuting his opponents because they need the ratings and so they can say, see, I told you so, we warned you he is a dictator. It would be the first time the media has been right in 10 years. But it seems like Trump’s toying with the idea.”

Trump repeatedly said he wasn’t planning on doing so and would let his U.S. attorney general pick Pam Bondi, who served as Florida’s AG during his first term, to make decisions about prosecutions.

The president-elect did, however, say he believes that former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) and her Jan. 6 Committee co-chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), should “go to jail.” But again, he didn’t say he would direct Bondi to pursue cases against them. At one point in the Welker interview, Trump said, “I’m really looking to make our country successful. I’m not looking to go back into the past. I’m looking to make our country successful. Retribution will be through success.”

During the same interview, Welker noted that the country was very divided and appeared to suggest that Trump was to blame, which he roundly rejected.

“I don’t have to tell you this because you’ve talked about it. It comes at a time when the country is deeply divided, and now you’re going to be leading this country for the next four years. For the sake of unifying this country, will you concede the 2020 election and turn the page on that chapter?” Welker asked.

“No. No. Why would I do that? But let me just say, when you say the country is deeply divided, I’m not the president. Joe Biden is the president,” Trump responded.

“But you’re going to be the president,” Welker tried to protest.

“I know. I’m not the president. So when you say it is deeply divided, I agree, but Biden is the president, I’m not, and he has been a divider,” Trump said. “And you know where he divided, it more than anything else, and it probably backfired on him, I think definitely is weaponization, when he weaponized the Justice Department and he went after his political opponent, me.”

He added: “He went after his political opponent violently because he knew he couldn’t beat him. And I think it really was a bad thing, and it really divided our country.”

WATCH:

Trump has responded after FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday his decision to step down from his post, likely ahead of Inauguration Day.

Wray’s decision comes after the president-elect’s announcement last month that would nominate former federal prosecutor and national security expert Kash Patel to become FBI director. Patel held a position at the National Security Council during Trump’s first term.

Trump said that Wray’s resignation is a “great day” for the country while pledging to restore integrity at the FBI and wider Department of Justice after both agencies appear to have been politically weaponized under Biden-Harris, as evidenced by the DOJ’s two cases against the president-elect.

“The resignation of Christopher Wray is a great day for America as it will end the weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “I just don’t know what happened to him.”

Trump said his administration “will now restore the rule of law for all Americans.”

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Fox News host Jesse Watters claimed during his opening monologue on Wednesday that the left-leaning ‘mainstream media’ is attempting to “goad” President-elect Donald Trump into prosecuting his political opponents so they can claim they were right.

After playing several clips of Trump’s recent interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker, in which she repeatedly asked if he would be “going after” key Biden administration officials — including the 46th president himself — Watters noted: “The media is goading Trump into prosecuting his opponents because they need the ratings and so they can say, see, I told you so, we warned you he is a dictator. It would be the first time the media has been right in 10 years. But it seems like Trump’s toying with the idea.”

Trump repeatedly said he wasn’t planning on doing so and would let his U.S. attorney general pick Pam Bondi, who served as Florida’s AG during his first term, to make decisions about prosecutions.

The president-elect did, however, say he believes that former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) and her Jan. 6 Committee co-chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), should “go to jail.” But again, he didn’t say he would direct Bondi to pursue cases against them. At one point in the Welker interview, Trump said, “I’m really looking to make our country successful. I’m not looking to go back into the past. I’m looking to make our country successful. Retribution will be through success.”

During the same interview, Welker noted that the country was very divided and appeared to suggest that Trump was to blame, which he roundly rejected.

“I don’t have to tell you this because you’ve talked about it. It comes at a time when the country is deeply divided, and now you’re going to be leading this country for the next four years. For the sake of unifying this country, will you concede the 2020 election and turn the page on that chapter?” Welker asked.

“No. No. Why would I do that? But let me just say, when you say the country is deeply divided, I’m not the president. Joe Biden is the president,” Trump responded.

“But you’re going to be the president,” Welker tried to protest.

“I know. I’m not the president. So when you say it is deeply divided, I agree, but Biden is the president, I’m not, and he has been a divider,” Trump said. “And you know where he divided, it more than anything else, and it probably backfired on him, I think definitely is weaponization, when he weaponized the Justice Department and he went after his political opponent, me.”

He added: “He went after his political opponent violently because he knew he couldn’t beat him. And I think it really was a bad thing, and it really divided our country.”

WATCH:

Trump has responded after FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday his decision to step down from his post, likely ahead of Inauguration Day.

Wray’s decision comes after the president-elect’s announcement last month that would nominate former federal prosecutor and national security expert Kash Patel to become FBI director. Patel held a position at the National Security Council during Trump’s first term.

Trump said that Wray’s resignation is a “great day” for the country while pledging to restore integrity at the FBI and wider Department of Justice after both agencies appear to have been politically weaponized under Biden-Harris, as evidenced by the DOJ’s two cases against the president-elect.

“The resignation of Christopher Wray is a great day for America as it will end the weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “I just don’t know what happened to him.”

Trump said his administration “will now restore the rule of law for all Americans.”

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