Jerry Falwell Jr. speaks during the final day of the 2016 Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, July 21, 2016.

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. claimed Tuesday he is the target of a "criminal conspiracy" by former board members to oust him — and said he is sharing information about that alleged plot with the FBI.

Falwell's claims, which were made during an interview with Hill.TV, came a day after a bombshell Politico article detailing his leadership of Liberty University, a private Christian college in Lynchburg, Virginia.

That article, citing "more than two dozen current and former high-ranking Liberty University officials and close associates of Falwell," described a so-called "culture of fear and self-dealing" at the university, which was founded by Southern Baptist preacher Jerry Falwell Sr., who also co-founded the Moral Majority.

Politico's sources detailed Falwell Jr.'s involvement in projects and real estate deals that have benefited his family and friends.

"We're not a school; we're a real estate hedge fund," said a senior university official quoted by Politico. "We're not educating; we're buying real estate every year and taking students' money to do it."

Falwell told The Hill, "Our attorneys have determined that this small group of former board members and employees, they're involved in a criminal conspiracy, are working together to steal Liberty property in the form of emails and provided them to reporters."

Falwell also told The Hill that he believes internal emails from the school have been leaked as part of a failed effort by former Liberty board members to depose him.