CNN Town Hall With Donald Trump (FULL)
CNN Town Hall With Donald Trump (FULL)

On May 10, 2023, CNN hosted a town hall forum with former President Donald Trump in New Hampshire.01 The event was the first major TV event of the 2024 presidential campaign, and the moderator, Kaitlan Collins, had to juggle questions from an audience of Republican primary voters, her own follow-ups, and the need to fact-check false statements.0 One of the jarring moments occurred when Collins asked Trump why he held on to classified documents when he left the White House, which the FBI later recovered from Mar a Lago by executing a search warrant.3 Trump took questions from New Hampshire Republicans and undeclared voters who plan to vote in the 2024 GOP presidential primary about a wide range of issues.1 However, Trump's lies and name-calling resumed during the event, signaling to voters that criminal investigations, a jury holding him liable for sexual abuse, and ongoing struggles with swing voters have not changed him a bi