{"id":1976601,"date":"2023-07-18T18:39:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-2024-candidates-react-to-possible-trump-indictment-over-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T18:40:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:40:02","slug":"gop-2024-candidates-react-to-possible-trump-indictment-over-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-2024-candidates-react-to-possible-trump-indictment-over-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP 2024 hopefuls respond to potential Trump indictment for Jan. 6."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-2024-candidates-react-to-possible-trump-indictment-over-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u200d Possibility of \u2063Another \u200bFederal Indictment for Trump \u200dSparks GOP Presidential\u200c Candidates&#8217; \u200dReactions<\/h2>\n<p>The possibility of former President\u200b Donald\u2063 Trump facing another federal\u200d indictment,\u200d this \u200btime for his role\u2064 in the Jan. 6 riot, \u200bhas become a \u2064prime\u2062 opportunity \u2063for GOP\u200c presidential \u2063candidates to voice their opinions. While some candidates have criticized the former president, \u2063others\u2064 are waiting for\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-petition-to-quash-fulton-county-report-on-2020-election-denied-by-georgias-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Georgia's Supreme Court denies Trump's request to dismiss Fulton County's 2020 election report.\">actual criminal charges<\/a> before passing judgment.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump\u200d revealed\u2062 that \u2063he had received\u2063 a target letter, indicating that he\u2062 is the subject\u200d of another\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asa-hutchinson-says-gop-should-back-off-claim-that-doj-has-been-weaponized-against-trump\/\" title=\"Hutchinson urges GOP to drop claim of DOJ weaponization against Trump.\">federal investigation led<\/a> by\u200b special counsel Jack Smith. Trump \u2062has \u200calready pleaded \u200bnot guilty to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-2024-candidates-react-to-possible-trump-indictment-over-jan-6\/\" title=\"GOP 2024 hopefuls respond to potential Trump indictment for Jan. 6.\">federal\u200d criminal charges \u200dstemming<\/a> from \u200bSmith&#8217;s \u200binitial \u2062investigation into his\u2062 handling\u200b of classified documents.<\/p>\n<h3>Christie\u2064 Withholds Comment\u200b Until Official Indictment<\/h3>\n<p>Former New\u2063 Jersey\u2064 Gov.\u200b Chris Christie,\u200b a\u2064 former prosecutor himself,\u2064 took \u2063to Twitter \u200bto\u200d announce that he \u200bwould\u2062 refrain from commenting on the indictment until it \u200dbecomes official.\u2062 However, he \u200cmade it \u2062clear that he believes\u2064 Trump&#8217;s\u2062 conduct on\u200d Jan.\u2064 6 demonstrated\u2063 a \u2063lack of concern for \u200bthe\u200b country and its Constitution.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis Criticizes Trump&#8217;s\u200b Handling of Jan. 6 Riot<\/h3>\n<p>Florida \u2063Gov. \u200cRon \u2063DeSantis, who\u2062 previously opposed\u2063 the DOJ&#8217;s first indictment \u2063of \u2062Trump, expressed his\u200c belief\u200b that Trump\u200d should \u2064have handled \u2064the Jan. \u200b6 riot \u2064differently.\u200d However, \u200dDeSantis also highlighted \u200bhis concerns about the recent\u200b trend of attempting \u2063to criminalize politics,\u200c emphasizing the need for a fair and \u200bbalanced approach.<\/p>\n<h3>Ramaswamy&#8217;s Conflicting Responses \u200dto \u2064Jan. 6<\/h3>\n<p>Presidential\u2064 candidate \u2062Vivek Ramaswamy, \u200da staunch supporter\u200b of Trump, initially stated \u2064that\u200b it was a \u200b&#8221;mistake&#8221; to hold Trump \u200dresponsible\u2064 for\u2064 the\u2062 events of Jan. 6. \u2064However,\u2062 he later\u2064 released another statement\u200c condemning\u2063 the potential indictment \u200cas a \u2064threat to \u200cthe \u200dConstitutional Republic.<\/p>\n<h3>Haley \u2063Calls\u2062 Jan. 6 Indictment \u200b&#8221;Drama&#8221; and &#8220;Distraction&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Former \u200cSouth Carolina Gov. \u200bNikki Haley dismissed the possibility of \u2064a Jan. 6 indictment as\u200d mere \u2064&#8221;drama&#8221; and a \u2064distraction from \u200dthe 2024 Republican primary race. \u200dShe emphasized\u200b the need for a \u200dnew \u2064generational\u200c leader to move past such\u2063 controversies.<\/p>\n<h3>Hutchinson \u200bBelieves Trump&#8217;s \u200dActions Disqualify Him from Presidency<\/h3>\n<p>Former Arkansas Gov. Asa\u200b Hutchinson, a vocal Trump critic, \u200bstated that Trump&#8217;s \u200dactions \u2063on \u2063Jan. 6 should\u2064 disqualify\u2063 him from \u200bever being \u2064President again.\u2064 Hutchinson expressed disappointment in Trump&#8217;s \u200crefusal \u2063to\u200b suspend \u200dhis\u2064 campaign \u2063for the sake of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner \u2064reached\u2062 out to \u2064Trump&#8217;s\u2062 campaign for comment on\u2064 the candidates&#8217; reactions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click\u200b here\u2064 to read more from The\u200d Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that he is not worried about potential indictments and believes he did nothing wrong. He remains a prominent figure in the Republican Party, with some candidates using the situation to distance themselves from him, while others are cautious in their response until legal actions unfold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}