Trump’s GOP Rivals Collectively Punt on the Indictment

The Justice Department unsealed its 37-count indictment against former President Donald Trump Friday. The charges accuse Trump of willfully retaining hundreds of highly classified documents in his Palm Beach home after leaving office and obstructing the federal government’s efforts to retrieve them. 

Speaking before a friendly audience at the Georgia Republican Party convention on Saturday, former President Donald Trump blasted the indictment “witch hunt” aimed at hurting his 2024 presidential campaign. The convention also featured speeches from 2022 gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake of Arizona, and Republican presidential candidates Asa Hutchinson and Vivek Ramaswamy.

North Carolina Republican delegates censured GOP Sen. Thom Tillis on Saturday at their party convention for breaking the party platform, a thinly veiled swipe at his voting record on legislation involving gay marriage, immigration, and guns. View the resolution here.