White House hits back at Trump "Gestapo" comments

The White House denounced former President Trump Sunday over reports that he compared President Biden's administration to the Gestapo, the Nazi-era secret police force in Germany.

The big picture: The New York Times first reported that Trump made the comments after criticizing indictments against him at a private donor event in Florida Saturday, days after a New York judge found him in contempt for violating a gag order in his hush money trial.

"These people are running a Gestapo administration," Trump said, according to audio obtained by the NYT. "And it's the only thing they have. And it's the only way they're going to win, in their opinion, and it's actually killing them. But it doesn't bother me."