Sununu blasts Trump’s 2024 GOP opponents for not pouncing on indictment

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu slammed the GOP presidential subject for not aggressively pouncing on former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented 37-count indictment for allegedly mishandling categorized paperwork. 

Mr. Sununu, a Republican, stated throughout a CNN look on Friday that Mr. Trump’s major opponents weren’t appropriately seizing the chance offered by the indictment. 

“When you’re running in a race, you’re trying to beat the guy ahead of you,” stated the governor. “You’re trying to knock him down, and given all the things and the rap sheet there that’s a mile long, you’d think that they’d be more aggressive.” 

Mr. Sununu, who flirted with a White House run earlier this yr, stated that Mr. Trump’s opponents had been placing nearly a sympathetic tone by lambasting the indictment because the product of a politically weaponized justice system. 

“You almost look like you’re defending him at this point,” stated Mr. Sununu.

Earlier this week, Mr. Trump was charged with a bevy of offenses, together with 31 counts of willful retention of nationwide protection info. The former president is accused of taking categorized paperwork from the White House and storing them at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. 

The indictment allergist that Mr. Trump stored categorized paperwork in a ballroom and a bathe space at Mar-a-Lago. 

“Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the United States and they must be enforced,” stated Special Counsel Jack Smith, who introduced the indictment towards Mr. Trump. “Violations of those laws put our country at risk.”

Several of Mr. Trump’s presidential major opponents have criticized the indictment publicly. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, maybe Mr. Trump’s main opponent, has questioned why the Justice Department has been “so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary [Clinton] or Hunter [Biden].” 

“The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society,” stated Mr. DeSantis. “We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation.” Why so zealous in pursuing Trump but so passive about Hillary or Hunter?”

Sen. Tim Scott, in the meantime, has stated the indictment drew into query the integrity of America’s justice system. 

“The one thing that makes America the city on the hill is confidence in our justice system and today what we see is a justice system where the scales are weighted,” stated Mr. Scott, South Carolina Republican. 

Mr. Sununu stated such feedback raised questions in regards to the willingness of Mr. Trump’s opponents to take him on.