Multiple Senate Republicans condemned former President Donald Trump being indicted on federal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the subsequent Jan. 6 Capitol riot, but the response was more muted and splintered than in the lower chamber.
While House GOP lawmakers were quick to condemn the latest charges, the majority of Senate Republicans have demurred. Reaction has trickled in throughout the evening, but it's a far cry from the outpouring of support Trump has received on the House side.Offices for two GOP senators known for defending the former president told the Washington Examiner that they would be waiting until at least Wednesday to weigh in.
The president's son had a plea agreement with the Justice Department related to tax and gun charges that many on the Right lambasted as a sweetheart deal. That deal unexpectedly fell apart in court last week. Multiple senators accused the Justice Department of prosecuting Trump to prevent his 2024 presidential candidacy from being successful.
"The news of another indictment against President Trump is no shock ahead of 2024. The Left knows they can’t beat Trump amid Biden’s failures, so they’re trying to take him out with criminal charges," Sen. Marsha Blackburn wrote on X. Biden’s abusing two tiers of justice to target his greatest political opponent.
Murkowski went on to note that the House Jan. 6 select committee had uncovered further evidence of Trump's involvement in the attempted insurrection. She then urged caution before rushing to judgment on the indictment. The indictment states that from roughly Nov. 14, 2020, to Jan. 20, 2021, Trump"did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with co-conspirators, known and unknown to the grand jury, to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States — that is, the right to vote, and to have one's vote counted.
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