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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called Trump's indictment in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection an "attempt to distract from the news" about the president's son.
“Our justice system has a duty to try those who commit crimes, and Donald Trump must answer for his," said one officer who was brutally beaten while defending the Capitol.
Conservatives, including 2024 presidential candidates, rushed to defend the former president as news broke of his third indictment.
The federal indictment is Trump’s second in two months after he was charged with mishandling classified documents.
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Trump said that “no indication of notice was given during the meeting.”
Trump's former fixer speculated his ex-boss is freaking out as legal heat intensifies and a third indictment looms.
"For Jack Smith to send that letter, he had to be pretty sure he was going to indict, and indict soon," Neal Katyal said.
The former president's 2016 comments attacking Hillary Clinton were unearthed by CNN's KFile.
Barr, who served as attorney general under Trump, broke down why the former president is no "victim" in the wake of a 37-count federal indictment.
Jim Trusty had already quit the former president's classified documents case.