Former President Donald Trump said that he would consider prosecuting Democratic leaders if reelected due to his conviction on thirty-four felony charges last week.

Trump was convicted over falsifying business records to make a hush money payment, a case which conservatives say represented lawfare meant to diminish his chances at reelection. The presumptive Republican nominee said he is open to following the “terrible precedent” when asked by Newsmax host Greg Kelly whether he would prioritize prosecuting Democrats.

"So, you know, it's a terrible, terrible path that they're leading us to, and it's very possible that it's going to have to happen to them,” Trump said. “And now, whoever it may be, you're going to have to view it very much differently. This is a bad, bad road that they're leading us down.”

Trump noted that he ultimately declined to investigate the conduct of Hillary Clinton, who he defeated in 2016, despite widespread support from his base to prosecute her.

“When I mentioned Hillary's name, they'd all scream, ‘Lock her up, Lock her up,' and everybody got a kick out of it and all," he added. “And I said, 'Wouldn't it really be bad?' You know, like as an example, Hillary, with the hammering of her cell phones and all of the things she did, but wouldn't it be terrible to throw the president's wife and the former secretary of state, think of it, the former secretary of state, but the president's wife into jail? Wouldn't that be a terrible thing?”

The prosecution of Trump also came as House Republicans investigated the domestic and international business dealings of various Biden family members, alleging that they peddled access to President Joe Biden in exchange for various transactions to the detriment of American interests overseas. They ultimately failed to impeach the commander-in-chief.

Trump nevertheless raised nearly $53 million in the twenty-four hours after he was convicted, allowing him to significantly outraise the Biden campaign in the month of May.