President Donald Trump excoriated the Justice Department prosecutors who investigated him and vowed to use it to target his own enemies in a campaign-style speech at the department’s historic Great Hall on Friday.

Donald Trump railed against the federal prosecutions he once faced during a rare presidential visit to the Justice Department.

For more than an hour, he delivered an insult-laden speech that shattered the traditional notion of DOJ independence.

President Donald Trump rehashed a litany of long-held grievances before an unusual crowd on Friday, telling officials at the Department of Justice that he had been persecuted, abused and attacked by his perceived political opponents in a meandering speech that went on for more than an hour.

President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to seek accountability for prosecutors and officials who pursued legal cases against him during his years out of power, speaking at the U.S. Justice Department whose prosecutors had brought some of those cases.

The move marked Trump’s clearest exertion yet of personal control over the country’s federal law enforcement apparatus.

During an hour-long address at the Justice Department, Donald Trump spoke on a wide range of topics, to a cheering crowd of law enforcement officials.

President Trump addressed the DOJ, accusing Joe Biden of mismanagement and promising to clean up Washington. He criticized the media, claimed the 2020 election was rigged, and highlighted actions against senior FBI officials.