Trump says 'Crooked Joe Biden' is 'probably worse than Hillary ever was' at North Carolina rally
Former US President Donald Trump, pictured at a rally in Pennsylvania on September 3, 2022, is accused of mishandling White House documents. (Ed Jones/AFP)

Donald Trump claimed Saturday at a North Carolina rally that President Joe Biden and the Democrats are "downright crooked," and that he is retiring the "Crooked" moniker from Hillary Clinton.

Trump, who spoke in Georgia for the first time since being hit with a federal indictment before heading to a speech scheduled in North Carolina, said the purported corruption within the Democratic party is "why we now call him Crooked Joe Biden."

"We took the name away from Hillary; she suffered enough with that name," Trump said. "So, I retired the name from Hillary because I wanted to bring it over to Biden because he's probably worse than she ever was, and that's saying something."

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Trump went on to accuse the Democrats of spying on his presidential campaign, and of forging "false evidence" to get illegal wire taps.

"We beat it all off, didn't we?" Trump asked the supportive crowd.