Donald Trump on Tuesday night accused the January 6 Congressional committee of persecuting 'patriots', and said they were not looking into the problem posed by Antifa.
The former president spoke to Fox News's Sean Hannity from his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago.
'Our country focuses on so many of these fake investigations. And we don't focus on greatness any longer,' he told Hannity.
'Everything is an investigation.
'This unselect committee - they are treating people horribly.
'They go after many, many people who are patriots.'
He said many involved in the January 6 riots were Antifa.
'But they don't want to cover that.'
He said: 'You take a look at the crime in these Democrat-run cities, it's incredible.'
Donald Trump appeared on Sean Hannity's show on Tuesday night
Trump, pictured on December 31, 2020, is weighing up a new run at the White House
Trump, 75, is continuing to tease a run for the presidency in 2024.
Asked what he would do if he were re-elected, Trump told Hannity he would finish what he started.
'There are many things I would complete,' he said, mentioning the border wall and trade deals with Europe.
'I had to waste a lot of time with fake investigations.'
He said 'almost all' media were trying to retract their news stories about the Russia interference in the election, and called on the Pulitzer committee once again to revoke the awards given to the New York Times for their coverage of the meddling in 2016.
New polling data suggests Trump leads Joe Biden in the five key battleground states narrowly lost by the Republican last year ‒ Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
The former president spoke to Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, discussing COVID, foreign policy, energy, the environment and his plans for 2024
The poll conducted by Trump's pollster Tony Fabrizio, and obtained by Politico, sees the margins of Trump's lead range from three points in Georgia to 12 in Michigan.
Fabrizio told Politico: 'Poll after poll clearly demonstrates that Trump is still the 800lb gorilla in the [Republican party] and would be its 2024 nominee should he run.
'This new data clearly shows that today the voters in these five key states would be happy to return Trump to the White House and send Biden packing.'
Nationwide, Biden is currently polling at 42 per cent thinking favorably of his leadership, and 52 per cent unfavorably, according
