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Lawmakers on Tuesday leapt to comment on the news that former President Donald Trump had received his third indictment \u2014 this time on four federal charges relating to his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n
The majority of responses were divided along party lines, with Democrats using the indictment as an opportunity to slam the former president, who is currently the frontrunner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. Republicans, on the other hand, argued that the news was evidence of a partisan justice system, suggesting that the indictment was an attempt to unfairly defame Trump and distract from the ongoing legal troubles<\/a> of President Joe Biden\u2019s son Hunter<\/p>\n \u201cThis is nothing more than the latest corrupt chapter in the continued pathetic attempt by the Biden Crime Family and their weaponized Department of Justice to interfere with the 2024 Presidential Election, in which President Trump is the undisputed frontrunner, and leading by substantial margins,\u201d read a statement from the Trump campaign posted to Truth Social<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The statement went on to allege that the timing of the indictment amid the 2024 presidential primary was evidence of \u201celection interference,\u201d and compared legal actions against Trump and his supporters to the dictatorial regime of Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n Republicans primarily used their social media platforms to rally behind the former president Tuesday. The X account of the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee posted<\/a> simply, \u201cElection interference,\u201d echoing the statement of the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you drain the swamp, the swamp rights back,\u201d Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote on X<\/a>, formerly known as Twitter. \u201cPresident Trump did nothing wrong!\u201d<\/p>\n Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is currently polling second behind Trump in the Republican primary,wrote on X that while he had not read the indictment<\/a>, he hoped to enact reforms that would reduce partisanship in the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the reasons our country is in decline is the politicization of the rule of law,\u201d DeSantis wrote. \u201cNo more excuses \u2014 I will end the weaponization of the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n Democrats, meanwhile, expressed their support for the feral grand jury\u2019s decision to indict Trump, condemning his role in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m glad to see that Donald Trump has been indicted for his role in trying to overthrow the results of the 2020 Presidential Election and for stoking the failed coup of January 6, 2021,\u201d Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cIf he gets away with it others will try the same in the years ahead. The world is watching.\u201d<\/p>\n Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) posted a similar sentiment to her X account<\/a>, writing that Trump \u201cmust be held accountable for conspiring to overturn an election and inciting a violent, fascist insurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n Kelly Garrity and Christine Mui contributed to this report.<\/p>\n