Donald Trump called for mass nationwide protests if prosecutors investigating him and his businesses "do anything illegal."
The former president appeared to link the investigations to his baseless claim that the 2020 election was rigged, which led to the January 6 Capitol riot.
"If these radical, vicious, racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal, I hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had in Washington DC, in New York, in Atlanta and elsewhere because our country and our elections are corrupt," Trump said on Saturday night during a rally in Conroe, Texas.
Since leaving office, Trump has faced a number of investigations into his actions as president and his private businesses.
Trump hints at mass nationwide protests during his Texas rally speech:
"In reality, they're not after me, they're after you, and I just happen to be the person in the way," he went on.
"For years, they've been going after my company, many years, using every trick in the book in an attempt to literally, if they can, put me in jail. They want to put me in jail."
The former president repeatedly called the prosecutors "racist," said they were "mentally sick," and accused them of "prosecutorial misconduct at the highest level."
"They're going after me without any protection of my rights by the Supreme Court or most other courts," he added.
Elsewhere during his Texas rally, Trump promised to pardon supporters who took part in the deadly Capitol riots if he returns to the White House in 2024.
It is the latest move by the former POTUS to minimize the attack on the government, which left five people dead.
"If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6th fairly," Trump said on Saturday night during a rally in Conroe, Texas.
"And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly," he added, per The Guardian.
Watch Donald Trump vow to pardon Capitol rioters if he returns to the White House:
On January 6, 2020, a mob of protestors - many of whom were Donald Trump supporters - stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop electoral college votes from being counted, knowing they would officially deliver Biden's electoral victory.
Lawmakers and staff were evacuated while rioters assaulted law enforcement officials and vandalized property. The attack resulted in five deaths and left many others injured.
Among those injured were over 100 police officers, who were hurt after Trump supporters stormed into the Capitol, falsely claiming President Biden had won the election through massive voter fraud.
One police officer who responded to the scene died the day after the attack, while four others who guarded the Capitol later took their own lives.
