{"id":2000803,"date":"2023-08-15T01:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T05:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-congressional-republicans-line-up-behind-former-president-for-bogus-charges\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T01:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T05:39:13","slug":"donald-trump-indicted-congressional-republicans-line-up-behind-former-president-for-bogus-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-congressional-republicans-line-up-behind-former-president-for-bogus-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Republicans rally behind ex-president Trump, denounce &#8220;baseless&#8221; charges."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdonald-trump-indicted-congressional-republicans-line-up-behind-former-president-for-bogus-charges%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=2000803&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>Republican Leaders Defend Trump Against New\u200b Indictment<\/h2>\n<p>Republican leaders wasted no time \u2063in rallying behind \u200dDonald Trump after a new \u2063indictment was filed against the former\u200b president in\u200d Fulton County, Georgia. The indictment, related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, includes a range of \u200bcharges such as racketeering, conspiracy, and filing false \u2063documents.<\/p>\n<h3>House Speaker\u200b Kevin \u2062McCarthy Responds<\/h3>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin \u2064McCarthy (R-CA) became the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-congressional-republicans-line-up-behind-former-president-for-bogus-charges\/\" title=\"Congressional Republicans rally behind ex-president Trump, denounce \"baseless\" charges.\">highest-ranking lawmaker<\/a> to issue a statement\u2063 shortly after\u200b the charges \u2064were unsealed.\u2062 He denounced the charges as a &#8220;desperate sham&#8221; and\u2063 accused Democrats of trying to harm Trump&#8217;s\u2063 presidential campaign. McCarthy criticized \u2062the Biden administration for allegedly weaponizing the government against Trump.<\/p>\n<h3>House GOP Caucus Chairwoman Elise Stefanik Speaks Out<\/h3>\n<p>House GOP Caucus Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) echoed McCarthy&#8217;s sentiments, calling\u200c the indictment a\u200d result of\u2063 a &#8220;rogue Far \u200cLeft radical District Attorney&#8221; targeting Trump. She emphasized \u2062that Trump had the legal right to\u2064 challenge the election results\u200d and accused the\u2063 DA\u200c of\u200d displaying political bias.<\/p>\n<h3>Republicans Express Outrage<\/h3>\n<p>Other Republicans,\u2062 including Senator \u200dTed Cruz\u200d (R-TX), expressed their anger at the charges. Cruz \u2062called the situation &#8220;disgraceful&#8221; and criticized the\u2062 repeated indictments against Trump. \u2063Some \u2062Republicans also accused prosecutors of using \u2063the charges \u2062to distract\u200b from the legal troubles of Hunter \u2062Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<h3>Lawmakers Defend Trump&#8217;s Actions<\/h3>\n<p>Several lawmakers argued \u200dthat Trump&#8217;s actions were \u2064justified and within his legal rights. House Judiciary\u2064 Chairman Jim\u2064 Jordan (R-OH) stated that \u200cthe indictment was part of a &#8220;WITCHUNT&#8221; against Trump \u2062and claimed that the former president did\u2064 nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Political\u200c Opponents React<\/h3>\n<p>Even some of Trump&#8217;s political\u2063 opponents \u2063in the GOP presidential\u2063 primary\u200d came \u200cto his\u2063 defense. \u200cVivek Ramaswamy issued a statement\u200d before the indictment was publicly \u2063released, calling the charges \u2063&#8221;politicized persecutions through prosecution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Surrounding the Indictment<\/h3>\n<p>The indictment came after\u2062 confusion arose earlier in the day\u2062 when a now-deleted filing was \u2064mistakenly published online. House Republicans seized on this error, using \u200bit as evidence of\u2064 an \u200bunsubstantiated indictment.\u2063 They criticized the\u200d prosecutor and\u2062 referred\u2063 to her as\u200c &#8220;Junior Varsity Fani Willis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The charges against Trump\u200b mark his fifth criminal indictment this year and come shortly after he was charged in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-awarded-nearly-122000-in-legal-fees-from-stormy-daniels-defamation-case\/\" title=\"Trump awarded nearly 2,000 in legal fees from Stormy Daniels defamation case\">separate case related<\/a> to his efforts to overturn the election \u2062and\u200b his actions\u2063 leading up to the Capitol\u2064 riot on \u2064January 6th. Trump is expected to plead not guilty to all counts.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment stems from a lengthy investigation\u200b into Trump&#8217;s\u200c attempts to reverse his loss in Georgia. \u2064The inquiry focused on various actions taken by Trump \u200band his allies,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-nations-second-largest-teachers-union-influenced-cdc-on-school-reopening-guidelines-delayed-return-to-classrooms\/\" title=\"Report: Nation\u2019s Second Largest Teachers Union Influenced CDC On School Reopening Guidelines, Delayed Return To Classrooms\">including phone calls<\/a> to Georgia officials and false\u2063 claims \u2063of voter fraud. Nineteen other individuals, including Rudy \u2062Giuliani and Mark Meadows, were also \u2064indicted on similar \u200bcharges.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has consistently maintained his innocence and accused the Biden administration of targeting\u2062 him unfairly. He released a statement denouncing the\u2062 charges as\u2064 election interference and likened the prosecutor\u2063 to other Democratic officials he believes are corrupt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican leaders swiftly rallied behind Donald Trump following his recent indictment in Fulton County, Georgia. The charges stem from his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in the Peach state. 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