Conservatives and Republicans have condemned new indictments against former President Donald Trump in the case over classified Mar-a-Lago documents.
Special Counsel Jack Smith said in an alternate indictment issued Thursday that also includes charges against Carlos de Oliveira, a maintenance worker at Mar-a-Lago, a Florida mansion owned by former President Trump. revealed new charges. Smith originally secured 37 indictments against Trump in June.
“This is nothing less than a continuation of the desperate and precarious attempts by the Biden Crime Family and the Department of Justice to harass President Trump and those around him,” the Trump campaign said. statement. “The deranged Jack Smiths know they have no lawsuit and any way they can bail out an illegal witch hunt and get anyone other than Donald Trump to run against the perverse Joe Biden. are looking for.” (Related: Fox Legal Analyst Jack Smith Calls ‘Partisan’ Special Counsel, Says He’s Already ‘Made Up’ About Trump)
A spokesman for Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told the Daily Caller News Foundation that “election interference has gotten worse with each round.” “2016: Obama shamelessly represented the FBI and tried to infiltrate the Trump campaign using the Clinton counterinvestigation as the basis for a FISA warrant. On the eve of an election to change, he covered up the most damning evidence against Biden.2024: Nothing is left to chance this time.The facts and the law don’t matter, so lock him up.”
South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott did not respond to a DCNF communication, and Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis did not respond to a request for comment.
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“Now we are working on the charges … just charging random people. Is it a coincidence to add another indictment in such a hurry?” Republican Senator John Hawley of Missouri asked during an appearance on “Ingraham the Ingraham.” angle. “
Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee said, “The Justice Department’s decision to indict President Trump is further evidence of the politicization of our nation’s premier prosecutor’s office.” tweeted. “As Sen. Garland dismisses wrongdoing by Hunter Biden and Hillary Clinton, Tennesseans are sick of two layers of justice.”
The Justice Department’s decision to add additional charges against President Trump is further evidence of the politicization of our nation’s premier prosecutor’s office. As Rep. Garland dismisses wrongdoing by Hunter Biden and Hillary Clinton, Tennessees are fed up with two layers of justice.
— Senator Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) July 27, 2023
Other conservatives also lashed out at the new charges and questioned the timing.
Former ambassador to Germany Rick Grenell said, “I would like Biden’s @TheJusticeDept to issue a ‘latest’ indictment against Trump to distract from Biden’s ongoing corruption.” tweeted.
“These Latest Indictments, or Just Distractions, Raised Against President Trump” Voice of Real America Grant Stinchfield Posted on Twitter. “It is no coincidence that alternative indictments were made the day after Hunter Biden’s plea deal collapsed!”
Hunter Biden’s broken plea deal was mentioned by others following the new indictment.
Byron York of the Washington Examiner said, “Another indictment of Mr. Trump appears to be imminent, and the contrast between the Justice Department’s negative response to Hunter Biden and the pursuit of Mr. Trump could be very pronounced. has potential,” he said. tweeted.
“Let’s be clear… the DOJ plans to accuse the Mar-a-Lago property manager of tampering with CCTV footage,” said SiriusXM host Andrew Wilkow. Posted on Twitter. “But the Secret Service and the FBI Crime Lab couldn’t locate the bag of cocaine in the White House? Hardy har har har.”
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