President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE signaled Wednesday that he would make the dealings of former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden National postal mail handlers union endorses Biden MORE and his son Hunter in Ukraine a “major issue” during the presidential campaign should Biden win the Democratic nomination.

“That will be a major issue in the campaign. I will bring that up all the time because I don’t see any way out,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity Sean Patrick HannityDershowitz suing CNN for 0 million in defamation suit If Trump doesn't know why he should be president again, how can voters? Trump says he read 'boring' Woodward book 'very quickly' MORE in an interview that aired Wednesday night. “I don’t believe they’ll be able to answer those questions.”

Hannity specifically asked Trump whether he would make allegations of corruption on the part of Biden and his family in Ukraine an issue on the campaign trail.

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Trump and his allies have amplified discredited allegations that Biden, as vice president, pushed for the removal of a Ukrainian prosecutor in order to help shield his son, who at the time was working for Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings, from scrutiny.

Trump in July urged Ukraine’s president to investigate the Bidens in a call that ultimately led to Trump’s impeachment in the Democrat-controlled House, but the allegations have seemed to fade from public attention since the conclusion of the impeachment trial last month. Trump was acquitted of both charges — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — by the GOP-controlled Senate in two near party-line votes.

Trump has insisted he did nothing wrong in his actions, accusing Democrats of a partisan "witch hunt" meant to damage his election prospects.

Trump asserted Wednesday that the Bidens’ actions were “totally corrupt” and that the media did not sufficiently scrutinize them. The president pointed to what he described as a “mild question” about Hunter Biden’s business dealings that CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked the former vice president during a Democratic primary debate in October.

Trump’s remarks came the same day that Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson Ronald (Ron) Harold JohnsonGOP senator blocks Schumer resolution aimed at Biden probe as tensions run high The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Big 10 votes to resume football season GOP votes to authorize subpoenas, depositions in Obama-era probe MORE (R-Wis.) told reporters he would likely release an interim report on his committee’s investigation of Hunter Biden’s dealings with Burisma within the next one to two months.

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Johnson said the timing of the investigation had nothing to do with the election but that, if he were a Democratic primary voter, he would “want these questions satisfactorily answered before I cast my final vote,” according to Politico.

Biden is viewed as the new front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president after a strong showing on Super Tuesday.

Trump said Wednesday that he believed Biden would be the nominee, before adding “I just know how he gets across the line” and pointing to Biden’s recent gaffes.