Former US President Donald Trump has again lashed out against the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Joe Biden administration, as he described his indictment in Columbus, Georgia, as “a travesty of justice.”

Trump said this at his first public address at state Republican conventions in Georgia and North Carolina, after announcing his federal indictment.

“We got to stand up to the … radical left Democrats, their lawless partisan prosecutors … Every time I fly over a blue state, I get a subpoena,” said Trump.

“I’ve put everything on the line and I will never yield. I will never be detained. I will never stop fighting for you,” he added.

I’ve put everything on the line and I will never yield. I will never be detained. I will never stop fighting for you,” he added.

He went on to attack federal officials, saying, “Now the Marxist left is once again using the same corrupt DoJ [justice department] and the same corrupt FBI, and the attorney general and the local district attorneys to interfere … They’re cheating. They’re crooked. They’re corrupt. These criminals cannot be rewarded. They must be defeated. You have to defeat them.

“Because in the end, they’re not coming after me. They’re coming after you and I’m just standing in their way,” he said.

Trump again accused the federal officials of doing nothing over the classified documents found in Joe Biden’s office in Washington and his Delaware home while he was vice president and senator.

“Nothing happened to Crooked Joe with all that … He has so many classified documents … This is a sick nest of people that needs to be cleaned out immediately,” said Trump as the crowd in Georgia cheered on.

Trump is the first US president to face a federal charge after he was accused of mishandling confidential documents and obstructing justice.

Trump is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday in Miami, where he could be sentenced to prison if convicted.