The 45th president posted on his Truth Social social media site on Thursday evening, announcing he had been federally indicted in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified records at his Florida resort home of Mar-a-Lago. Trump faces a federal indictment of seven counts on federal charges in relation to his handling of classified information while out of office, though it was not clear what exactly the charges entail.
After Trump was indicted in April, House Republicans argued the investigation led by Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney investigating hush money paid on Trump's behalf to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, was politically motivated. House Judiciary Committee Republicans attempted to start their own investigation and sent Bragg a letter demanding documents, communications, and testimony related to his investigation of the former president.
Rep. Jim Jordan , who has stood loyally behind the former president, tweeted, “Sad day for America. God Bless President Trump.” “What we have seen over the last several years is the weaponization of the Department of Justice against the former president. You do not have to be a Republican to see injustice and want to fix it. You don’t have to be a Democrat to see injustice and want to fix it. You just have to be an American and stand up for the right thing,” Scott said during the brief Fox News appearance on Thursday evening.
“He has trampled the rule of law to benefit himself,” Hawley tweeted. “He has led the country into profound danger.” Rep. Andrew Clyde took it a step further and called the indictment “election interference,” using rhetoric that echoed the former president’s false claims of widespread election fraud in the buildup to the Jan. 6 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.