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President Trump told the Daily Caller in an interview Tuesday that he "had a lawsuit prepared" against NBC regarding the legality of the leaked "Access Hollywood" tape during the 2016 presidential campaign. 

The details: Trump didn’t say when he had planned to file suit but explained, "I had a lawyer hired to bring a suit right after the election ended, but one problem arose. I won the election." Trump claimed that NBC leaked the tape to the Washington Post, which obtained the recording. "[T]hey couldn’t put it up themselves, because they would have had tremendous liability," he told the Daily Caller. 

Report: Trump prepared lawsuit against NBC over "Access Hollywood" tape

"I had a lawyer hired to bring a suit right after the election ended."

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President Trump <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="told the Daily Caller" data-vars-click-url="https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/04/trump-nbc-weinstein-access-hollywood/" data-vars-content-id="00de93a3-8620-442b-b4fd-aaa5b6c9f778" data-vars-headline="Report: Trump prepared lawsuit against NBC over &quot;Access Hollywood&quot; tape" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/04/trump-nbc-weinstein-access-hollywood/" target="_blank">told the Daily Caller</a> in an interview Tuesday that he &quot;had a lawsuit prepared&quot; against NBC regarding the legality of the leaked &quot;Access Hollywood&quot; tape during the 2016 presidential campaign. The details: Trump didn’t say when he had planned to file suit but explained, &quot;I had a lawyer hired to bring a suit right after the election ended, but one problem arose. I won the election.&quot; Trump claimed that NBC leaked the tape to the Washington Post, which obtained the recording. &quot;[T]hey couldn’t put it up themselves, because they would have had tremendous liability,&quot; he told the Daily Caller.

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Report: Trump prepared lawsuit against NBC over "Access Hollywood" tape

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