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ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl recalled the time President Donald Trump<\/a> claimed the Justice Department would go after him and his network as one instance when he was in “fear” of his safety.<\/p>\n

Karl spoke about this interaction with Trump on the “Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know<\/a>” podcast Wednesday while discussing the president being “willing to go to almost any extreme” to go after his “enemies.”<\/p>\n

“At any point did you feel in fear of your safety and what you’ve done?” host Hasan Minhaj asked.<\/p>\n

ABC JOURNALIST DETAILS PHONE CALL WITH TRUMP MORNING AFTER ELECTION WIN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Karl recounted asking Trump about U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s comments on cracking down on “hate speech” following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in September.<\/p>\n

“What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she\u2019s going to go after hate speech? Is that, I mean, a lot of people, a lot of your allies, say hate speech is free speech,” Karl asked Trump.<\/p>\n

“She\u2019ll probably go after people like you, because you treat me so unfairly,” Trump replied, speaking over Karl<\/a> as he asked if that would be appropriate. “You have a lot of hate in your heart. Maybe they will come after ABC. ABC paid me $16 million recently for a form of hate speech. Your company paid me $16 million for a form of hate speech, so maybe they will have to go after you.”<\/p>\n

ABC’S JONATHAN KARL: THE MEDIA ‘UNFORTUNATELY’ PLAYED RIGHT INTO CLAIMS IT WAS THE ‘OPPOSITION PARTY’ TO TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“That was a shocking moment, not because of me personally, but the ‘you have a lot of hate in your heart, and you haven’t been fair,'” Karl told Minhaj. “So the idea that the president of the United States is suggesting that the power of the Department of Justice could be brought to bear against journalists who the president of the United States doesn’t believe are fair, that’s a very interesting reading of the First Amendment.”<\/p>\n

Karl added that Bondi received pushback for her comments from both liberals and conservatives<\/a>, each arguing that hate speech is protected by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

TRUMP THREATENS MORE LAWSUITS AGAINST MEDIA AS ABC TO PAY $15 MILLION TO SETTLE CASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Fox News Digital<\/a> reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n

Karl also recounted speaking with Trump to discuss potentially inviting him to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2020, when Karl served as the organization’s president. He described it as one of the “strangest meetings” he had with the president, particularly over Trump taking issue with Minhaj hosting the dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“And here’s the thing, I was not going to negotiate with him,” Karl said. “So if they thought that they were going to say, ‘Hey, you get rid of this guy Hasan Minaj, the president’s going to come and do the dinner, and you’re going to be a big star.’ You know, no, I’m not doing that. I hadn’t even decided to invite him.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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