Trump Dismisses John Durham's Russia Probe, NYSD Investigation as Effort to Take 'Us' Down

President Donald Trump said in a Wednesday speech that investigators who "failed to get me" in Washington, D.C., are now sending information to investigators in New York as part of an ongoing effort to take "us" down.

The president's comments on ongoing investigations came amid a 46-minute video speech shared on his social media platforms on Wednesday. The speech primarily focused on election fraud allegations, which have been widely debunked, but also touched upon the investigations Trump has faced in the nation's capital and in his birth city.

While the U.S. Senate acquitted Trump of two impeachment charges earlier this year that were approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, separate investigations remain ongoing in New York.

"I hear that the same people that failed to get me in Washington have sent every piece of information to New York so that they can try to get me there," Trump said. "It's all been gone over. Over and over again."

Trump criticized Robert Mueller, who led the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, and John Durham, who is involved in the ongoing investigation into how the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Russia inquiry originated.

"Robert Mueller spent $48 million of taxpayer money investigating me for two-and-a-half years, issued over 2,800 subpoenas, executed nearly 500 search warrants, issued 230 orders for communications records, and conducted 500 witness interviews, all looking to take me down," Trump said. "There was no collusion in the end. None whatsoever."

Trump briefly mentioned Letitia James, the New York attorney general who told Spectrum News in early November that New York's investigations into the Trump Organization would continue whether Trump won re-election or not. According to a report last month by the Associated Press, the legal inquiries Trump is facing in New York could last long after he leaves office on January 20.

Trump, who has yet to concede the presidential election despite major networks calling the race for Joe Biden on November 7, said investigators are determined to continue their work "anyplace else" they can find traction.

"All it's been is a big investigation in Washington and New York and anyplace else that can investigate, because that's what they want to do: They want to take, not me, but us, down. And we can never let them do that," Trump said.

Newsweek reached out to James for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.

The president then directed his attention to Durham, whom U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr first appointed in May of 2019 and more recently appointed earlier this week to serve as special counsel for the same investigation.

"We caught Comey cold, we caught McCabe cold, we caught them all," Trump said, referring to former FBI Director James Comey and Andrew McCabe, the former acting FBI director after Comey's dismissal.

"They can go after me before the election as much as they want, but unfortunately Mr. Durham didn't want to go after these people or have anything to do with going after them before the election. So who knows if he is ever going to even do a report. But if you look at the lies and the leaks and the illegal acts and behavior done by so many people in their desire to hurt the president of the United States, something should happen."

This story has been updated with additional information and background.