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Today, I looked on Twitter as well as Truth Social and saw the cesspool of far right noise.
Republican lawmakers react to the indictment of Washed Up 45. The former president has a seven count indictment. The grand jury handed up the indictment under seal on June 8, 2023. Its seven charges against the former president include willfully retaining national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act; making false statements; obstruction of justice; and conspiracy.
Under the Presidential Records Act, presidential documents must be transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) by the end of a president's term. In May 2021, NARA became aware of missing documents from the Washed Up 45 Administration and began an effort to retrieve documents incorrectly taken to the former president's residence at Mar-a-Lago.
After negotiations with the former president's team, NARA retrieved 15 boxes of documents in January 2022. NARA discovered that the boxes contained classified material, and notified the Justice Department, leading to the FBI investigation into Washed Up 45's handling of government documents beginning in April 2022. In May 2022, the FBI issued a subpoena for any remaining documents in the former president's possession, and the former president certified that he was returning all the remaining documents on June 3, 2022. The FBI obtained evidence that Washed Up 45 had not fulfilled the subpoena and still possessed additional documents, and documents may have moved after the subpoena was issued. This led to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago on August 8, 2022, in which the FBI recovered over 13,000 government documents, 325 of which were classified. The FBI investigation was taken over by the Smith special counsel investigation in November 2022.
The arraignment was scheduled for June 13.
If the people in power can jail their political opponents at will, we don’t have a republic
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) June 9, 2023
Democrats must literally shake with sweats when they see amazing packed out Trump rallies and overwhelming winning poll numbers week after week.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) June 9, 2023
They must awake in the night with panic at the thoughts of us winning in 2024.
Their heads must ache painfully from never ending… pic.twitter.com/W8GallYAeH
Make no mistake about it … the Biden regime has gone full communist and indicted their leading political opponent in an upcoming election.
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) June 9, 2023
That’s all this is about.
We now have a rouge government attempting a communist coup on their own citizens through a corrupt justice…
Biden is attacking his most likely 2024 opponent. He’s using the justice system to preemptively steal the 2024 election. This is what’s happening, plain and simple.
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) June 9, 2023
On the day members of Congress learn from an FBI document linking then VP Joe Biden to receiving $5 MILLION from Burisma in a pay-for-play scheme, Biden’s DOJ announces another phony indictment of the leading candidate for the GOP Presidential nomination, Biden’s likely opponent,… pic.twitter.com/PyP6f1kL7y
— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) June 9, 2023
Today is indeed a dark day for the United States of America.
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) June 9, 2023
It is unconscionable for a President to indict the leading candidate opposing him. Joe Biden kept classified documents for decades.
I, and every American who believes in the rule of law, stand with President Trump…
My Statement on the Unprecedented and Sham Indictment of President Donald Trump by Biden’s Department of Justice. pic.twitter.com/0abpRqrwen
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) June 9, 2023
We're living in a 3rd world Banana Republic and the only way to stop what the corrupt Biden DOJ is doing is to put @realDonaldTrump back in the White House!!! https://t.co/60Fd8Dyn6h
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 8, 2023
Every "Republican" running for President should suspend their campaign and go to Miami as a show of support. If you don't, you are part of the problem. Either we have an opposition party or we don't. GO to Miami Tuesday, and show solidarty or we will mark you as part of the…
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 8, 2023
Just spoke with our next President pic.twitter.com/3FmcLWK35C
— TheLeoTerrell (@TheLeoTerrell) June 9, 2023
President Trump is an innocent man caught in a witch hunt that no American should have to go through.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) June 9, 2023
This sham indictment has proven once and for all that there is no low these people won’t stoop to to stop Trump!
Ep. 2 Cling to your taboos! pic.twitter.com/45AeVdtwOu
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 8, 2023
Imagine being naive enough to believe that the Biden Bribe evidence and Trump indictment happening the same day was a coincidence.
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) June 8, 2023
“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? Do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders?
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) June 8, 2023
Do we have the desire and the courage to preserve our… pic.twitter.com/aN5TydJhMq
Let’s be clear about what’s happening: Joe Biden is weaponizing his Department of Justice against his own political rival.
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) June 9, 2023
This sham indictment is the continuation of the endless political persecution of Donald Trump.
Despicable reprobatehttps://t.co/2qFJY6nAsp
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) June 9, 2023
Bill Clinton took home classified docs
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) June 9, 2023
Bush took home classified docs
Obama took home classified docs
Pence took home classified docs
Hillary Clinton had classified docs on her email server
Biden had classified docs in his garage
Trump is the only one that gets indicted
Sad day for America. God Bless President Trump.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) June 8, 2023
Joe Biden kept classified documents for decades, yet has the gall to go after Donald Trump?!
— Brian Babin (@RepBrianBabin) June 9, 2023
Americans are SICK of the Left’s hypocrisy and will tolerate it no longer.
Those behind this brazen weaponization of justice MUST be held accountable! https://t.co/4ZYs009JDd
In normal times the media would be demanding transparency about the unprecedented indictment of a former President and would be highlighting the political timing of DOJ’s actions. These aren’t normal times.
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) June 9, 2023
Indicting Donald Trump is the culmination of what Merrick Garland has been pushing for since he became Attorney General.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 9, 2023
The weaponization of our Department of Justice against enemies of the Biden admin. will do enormous damage to the rule of law & have a lasting impact. https://t.co/CxJGyc63yj
Many congressional Republicans responded to the indictment by asserting that the former president was being targeted by a "weaponized" or politicized Justice Department. These Republican reactions echoed their similar reactions to the former president's first indictment, in New York state court. Washed Up 45himself made such claims both before and after his federal indictment. His stupid allies who rallied around the ex-president after the indictment included the House Republican leadership (Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik), as well as Senator J. D. Vance. However, most members of the Senate Republican leadership team, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Whip John Thune, stayed silent on the indictment.
Among critics of the former president within the Republican Party, former U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger, wrote: "Today, Justice is being served. Nobody is above the law. The former President will get a fair trial. The former President will be held accountable."
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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