The Alabama congressional delegation was quick in reacting to the newest indictment against former President Donald Trump.
Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted by a Fulton County (Ga.) grand jury Monday. The 41-count indictment includes 13 charges against the former president and current leader in the Republican presidential primary race.
An Atlanta-based grand jury has indicted Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants on state charges stemming from their efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 electoral defeat in the Peach State.
Here are the 19 people charged in the Georgia case. https://t.co/ejqjD4Q8Yl pic.twitter.com/CNr885LjPZ
— CNN (@CNN) August 15, 2023
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) said this is just another attempt by the opposing party to take him out of the 2024 presidential election.
“The United States had never before indicted a former president, and now Biden’s Department of Justice and weaponized blue state prosecutors have indicted President Trump four times in a matter of months,” Moore said. “As they continue their quest to throw their chief political opponent in jail, Democrats have joined the likes of Maduro and Noriega. They have been out to get President Trump since he came down the escalator, and Americans can see through this desperate sham.”
The United States had never before indicted a former president, and now Biden’s Department of Justice and weaponized blue state prosecutors have indicted President Trump four times in a matter of months.
— Rep. Barry Moore (@RepBarryMoore) August 15, 2023
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said this is partisan politics by a “radical” district attorney.
“Another day, another activist indictment of Biden’s top political opponent,” Tuberville said. “The fact that the radical Fulton County DA ‘accidentally’ published the indictment before the grand jury finished voting proves what we already know – this is pure politics.
“Where I come from, you beat your opponents by winning fair and square.”
The senator called this just another “witch hunt.”
“This witch hunt has gone on for long enough,” he said. “Democrats are afraid of President Trump because they know he will expose their corruption. The American people deserve an equal justice system – not one that twists the law to fit their politics.”
The latest indictment on President Trump is just more politics.
The American people deserve an equal justice system, not a two-tier justice system.
Full statement below. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/cNGMVe1rCW
— Coach Tommy Tuberville (@SenTuberville) August 15, 2023
U.S. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) said the media will use this as a distraction from President Biden’s failed leadership.
“While the media focuses on Georgia, let’s not forget that two years ago today Kabul, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban,” Aderholt said. “And in President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal, by the end of the month more than a dozen U.S. service members would be dead.”
While the media focuses on Georgia, let’s not forget that two years ago today Kabul, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. And in President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal, by the end of the month more than a dozen U.S. service members would be dead.
— Robert Aderholt (@Robert_Aderholt) August 15, 2023
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee
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