Trump's latest indictment splits his rivals for the 2024 GOP nomination

Former President Donald Trump's rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination are divided on the new charges against him for his alleged efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. 

The indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith alleges Trump and his co-conspirators spread knowingly false claims of widespread fraud in the election and used those claims as the basis for schemes to keep Trump in power, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and is due to be arraigned in court on Thursday.

Several of Trump's GOP rivals were quick to characterize the indictment as an example of the "weaponization" of the Justice Department, while others said it shows Trump is unfit to be president again. Trump is the clear front-runner in the GOP primary field and remains enormously popular with Republican voters, complicating his rivals' approach to the indictment.