“I am innocent, I have done nothing wrong. In a video posted Thursday evening on Twitter, Donald Trump took the lead in announcing his indictment in the case of the classified documents found in his Florida residence, denouncing in passing “Biden’s corrupt administration” and “persecution policy “. But this indictment does not prevent the ex-president from running for the White House in 2024.
The elected Republicans also immediately closed ranks around him. “I stand, like all Americans who believe in the rule of law, with President Trump,” reacted the leader of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. “It is inadmissible for a president to indict the main candidate who opposes him. Joe Biden has kept classified documents for decades,” he complains.
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“It’s a sad day for America,” added Jim Jordan, who heads the House Judiciary Committee. The latter’s Twitter account, although an official organ, published even more virulent messages, such as the slogan dear to Donald Trump “witch hunt” in capital letters, or a short “Joe Biden’s garage”, in reference to official documents also found in the current president and in his former office.
The indictment of Donald Trump is a “stain on our nation” and shows that “the FBI and the Department of Justice are so corrupt that they don’t even hide it anymore,” Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said. “President Donald Trump will be back in the White House and Joe Biden will be the cellmate of Hunter”, his son who is under investigation, swears Matt Gaetz, one of the billionaire’s closest supporters republican.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, although Donald Trump’s rival for the Republican nomination, also criticized the Justice Department and tweeted that he would “eliminate political bias” if elected. Without being so categorical, the billionaire Elon Musk, increasingly present in the political arena, felt that there “seemed to be more interest in prosecuting Trump than other politicians”.