Former President Trump condemned investigations into his business and the Jan 6. attack in an interview on Wednesday
Former President Donald Trump slammed Democrats and their 'witch hunts' for investigating his adult children on Wednesday evening, claiming they had ruled President Joe Biden's son Hunter to be off limits.
'There's never been anything like it in the history of politics in this country,' he said in a phone interview. 'It's a witch hunt.'
He spoke to a small number of reporters to promote a coffee table book celebrating his time in office.
But he could not resist condemning Biden's first year in office as well as hitting back at the latest twists in two high-profile probes that had put his daughter Ivanka as well as sons Eric and Don Jr. in the sights of investigators.
A day earlier CNN reported that the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol had obtained records of phones belonging to Eric as well as Kimberly Guilfoyle, fiancée to Don Jr.
At the same time, the New York attorney general is seeking to force Don Jr. and Ivanka to answer questions about the family business.
'It's a disgrace what's going on. They're using these things to try and get people's minds off how incompetent our country is being run,' he said by phone from his Mar-a-Lago headquarters in Florida.
'And they don't care. They'll go after children. They won't go after Biden's son but they'll go after children that've done a great job.
'You know Ivanka very well You know the quality of her and the kids.
'They're high quality people that love our country. And for them to have to go through all this stuff is a disgrace. It's a disgrace.'
In a phone interview, Trump asked why his sons and daughters were not under investigation but Hunter Biden, President Biden's son, was not
Former President Trump's book includes photographs of him meeting world leaders and lawmakers, as well as family moments. In this 2017 image, Daughter Ivanka Trump is seen in a moment of reflection at Jerusalem's Western Wall
The Trump family meet the British Royal Family. L-R: Lara Trump, Tiffany Trump, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, first lady Melania, Prince Charles, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump
Trump at home on the terrace of the Mar-a-Lago club with key allies and confidants, including some now in the crosshairs of investigators
Our Journey Together is published by Winning Team Publishing
Republicans continue to ask how Hunter Biden landed a high-paying role with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma and whether it created a potential conflict of interest for his father, who was deeply involved in President Barack Obama's policy toward Ukraine at the time.
It has led to questions about double standards for families in political life.
Trump held the call to promote his coffee table book, entitled 'Our Journey Together.'
It is back on sale following supply chain woes - which have caused so much trouble for Biden - that caused delays in restocking an initial run of 200,000 sold out.
'We did so much and a lot of the book is just a celebration of that it was just very and we've covered just a small part of it,' he said during
