Donald Trump was just convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's politically motivated persecution of the former president.

But Trump is not someone who sits in bed feeling sorry for himself –he’s ticked off, and he’s on the warpath.

His payback will be simple, in his view—he will get his old job back:

"My revenge will be success," Trump said in an exclusive sit-down interview with "Fox & Friends Weekend."

"These are bad people. These people are sick, and they do things that are so destructive… if it weren't me, they'd be going after somebody else, and I know a lot of the competition. They wouldn't do so well."

Watch:

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Trump also indicated that should he win back his old office, he would approach the job of attorney general far differently than he did the last time:

In the key segments of the interview that aired on Sunday, the GOP frontrunner weighed in on several key topics, including what he seeks in an Attorney General if elected this November and whether he would declassify several key files that have been the subject of conspiracy and speculation.

"Yes," he told co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy, insisting he would declassify the 9/11, JFK and Epstein files to restore some trust lost in American institutions.

Trump also said he has two names in mind for potential attorney general picks, but said he made mistakes with the critical decision during his first term, obvious references to Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr.

Trump's first term was successful in many ways—the economy was in far better shape than it is now under the inflationary weight of Bidenomics—and there were no major wars on his watch. Yet he's right to focus on personnel—should he win another term, he needs to pay more attention to who he puts in positions of power. Many of the folks he appointed turned out to be deep-state hacks who didn't support his agenda. If we are to turn this lost ship around, he will need every hand on board to be on the same page. 

He may be down, but he is certainly not out. 

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