GOP lawmakers slam potential Trump indictment: ‘Third World Banana Republic lunacy’

Republican lawmakers connected Saturday lashed retired amid reports that an indictment of erstwhile President Donald Trump could beryllium coming adjacent week, pinch representatives and senators decrying what they spot arsenic a politically motivated onslaught connected nan erstwhile president and 2024 candidate.

Fox News was 1 of a number of outlets this week to study that nan Manhattan’s territory lawyer has requested a gathering pinch rule enforcement up of a imaginable indictment.

According to a tribunal source, nan gathering was requested Thursday and is to "discuss logistics for immoderate clip adjacent week, which would mean that they are anticipating an indictment adjacent week."

The imaginable indictment stems from nan lengthy investigation surrounding Trump's alleged costs of "hush money" to porn character Stormy Daniels. Toward nan extremity of nan 2016 statesmanlike campaign, Trump's then-lawyer Michael Cohen sent $130,000 to Daniels to forestall her from disclosing a 2006 matter pinch Trump. Trump, who denies nan affair, reimbursed Cohen done installments. 

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Former President Trump has said he will beryllium "arrested connected Tuesday." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Reached for remark Friday, nan Manhattan District Attorney's agency would not "confirm aliases comment" connected nan impending indictment. 

The office, led by DA Alvin Bragg, has been investigating nan hush money costs — which allegedly took spot successful 2016 — for nan past 5 years.

Trump, who is moving for president again successful 2024, said connected Saturday connected Truth Social that forbidden leaks bespeak he will beryllium "arrested connected Tuesday."

The apparently looming indictment sparked fury from Republicans, who spot a politically motivated prosecution. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he has directed House committees to analyse "if national costs are being utilized to subvert our populist by interfering successful elections pinch politically motivated prosecutions."

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"Here we spell again — an outrageous maltreatment of powerfulness by a extremist DA who lets convulsive criminals locomotion arsenic he pursues governmental vengeance against President Trump," McCarthy tweeted.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., dismissed nan indictment arsenic "based connected an untested, tortured ineligible theory."

"This is an absurd maltreatment of nan criminal process successful our politics," he said. "It must beryllium seen for nan partisan pathetic ploy it is." 

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-NY, called immoderate specified move "unAmerican" and said that nan "radical Left has reached a vulnerable caller debased of Third World countries."

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"Knowing they cannot hit President Trump astatine nan ballot box, nan Radical Left will now travel nan lead of Socialist dictators and reportedly apprehension President Trump, nan starring Republican campaigner for President of nan United States," she said. "This is conscionable a continuation of nan disgraceful and unconstitutional shape going backmost to nan forbidden Russian collusion hoax to effort to soundlessness and suppress nan will of nan voters who support President Trump and nan America First Movement."

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Other Republican lawmakers took nan opportunity to knock Bragg himself. Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., said Bragg "allows convulsive criminals to locomotion nan streets, yet abuses nan norm of rule & powers of his agency to target governmental opponents successful partisan witchhunts. He’s unfit for office."

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said that a imaginable indictment must beryllium treated arsenic "a politically motivated prosecution based connected a strained, convoluted ineligible theory." 

"It makes clear nan threat of a politicized ‘justice’ strategy that will beryllium (is being) weaponized against ALL Americans," he said.

In nan precocious chamber, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said nan imaginable indictment is "some Third World Banana Republic lunacy and a very, very vulnerable roadworthy to spell down."

"If this aforesaid behaviour occurred successful an authoritarian state, our ain U.S. State Department would condemn it. In wide New York, evidently it’s authorities arsenic usual," he said.

Meanwhile, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said he had been asked whether he would rescind an endorsement of Trump if he was indicted.

"The reply is: hellhole no. A politically motivated prosecution makes nan statement for Trump stronger. We simply don't person a existent state if justness depends connected politics," he said.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., meanwhile, took purpose astatine Democrats successful general, claiming that it was portion of a inclination for nan party.

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"The Democrats utilized nan FBI against parents, they utilized nan FBI against Catholics, they utilized Big Tech against vaccine critics & anyone who questioned them. Now they want to apprehension Trump, their starring governmental opponent," he said. "They are nan banana republic party."