Donald Trump has also said he wants to work with Congress to help so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were protected under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which Trump once tried to repeal.
“I will work with the Democrats on the plan,” he said, adding that some of those immigrants have found good jobs and started businesses.
Trump appeared to offer mixed signals about whether he would follow through on his repeated promises to seek retribution against political opponents.
US President Joe Biden pardoned his convicted son Hunter this week. The Democrat is reportedly considering other full pardons for political allies before he leaves office next month.
Trump appeared to indicate he would not seek a Justice Department investigation of Biden and his family, as he once promised.
“I don’t want to go back to the past,” he said. “I am trying to make our country successful. Retribution will be through success.”
But he also said members of the now-defunct Democratic-led House committee that investigated him “should go to jail.”
Trump said he would not order the FBI to investigate his enemies.
But he also said: “If they were guilty, if they did something wrong, if they broke the law, probably.
“They followed me. You know, they came after me and I didn’t do anything wrong.”
