"Bartiromo opened the interview with a question about election fraud, telling Trump, "The facts are on your side." Trump responded, falsey saying, "This election was a fraud; it was a rigged election." The Fox anchor then reflected the president's anger, saying, "This is disgusting and we cannot allow America's election to be corrupted."

In addition to Trump's unwillingness to acknowledge Joe Biden won the election, Bartiromo's unchallenged acceptance of Trump's false narrative also presents a danger to American democracy, said CNN's Senior Media Reporter Oliver Darcy on "Reliable Sources."

"News organizations " and I think Fox claims to be one " have a responsibility," Darcy said. "The president of the United States is trying to overturn the election. ...Frankly, there is not much daylight between Maria and [Infowars conspiracy theorist] Alex Jones."

It's amazing such a yuuge Conspiracy! against Mr. Trump; conservative judges, GOP officials, sworn Electors... millions of voters.... it's almost like he's living in his own delusional world.

"This is total fraud. And how the FBI, and Department of Justice " I don't know, maybe they're involved " but how people are allowed to get away with this is stuff is unbelievable. This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud," Trump said.

He later said, "All I can say, is: With all of the fraud that's taken place, nobody has come to me and said, Oh, the FBI has nabbed the people that are doing this scheme.'"

The Department of Justice, he said, in response to a leading question by Bartiromo, is "missing in action."