House Republicans rallied to defend former President Donald Trump after the ex-president was indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on expenses he conspired to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, took to social media Monday evening to decry the indictment, taking purpose at Democratic Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the Biden administration.

“Justice should be blind, but Biden has weaponized government against his leading political opponent to interfere in the 2024 election,” Mr. McCarthy mentioned on X, the platform previously generally known as Twitter. “Now a radical DA in Georgia is following Biden’s lead by attacking President Trump and using it to fund-raise her political career. Americans see through this desperate sham.”

Mr. Trump on Monday was indicted for a fourth time simply since April. In the Georgia case, he's being charged with quite a few felonies, together with violating Georgia’s racketeering regulation, conspiracy to commit forgery, false assertion and writings, and submitting false paperwork.

Eighteen co-defendants had been additionally charged, together with Mr. Trump’s former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and the ex-president’s former White House chief of workers, Mark Meadows. The racketeering expenses, that are usually related to organized crime, painted the efforts by Mr. Trump and others to problem Mr. Biden’s slim win in Georgia within the 2020 election as a part of a “criminal enterprise” to maintain the previous president in energy.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican, mentioned Ms. Willis was making an attempt to “make a name” for herself.

“Another sham indictment of Trump timed to do maximum damage in the 2024 election — this time with the indictment posted before the grand jury even voted — is no coincidence,” Mr. Scalise mentioned on X on Tuesday. “Americans see through this witchhunt.”

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York referred to as the indictment one other effort to “target Joe Biden’s top political opponent, President Trump.”

“This blatant election interference by the Far Left will not work, President Trump will defeat these bogus charges and win back the White House in 2024,” Ms. Stefanik mentioned on X on Monday.

Mr. Trump has mentioned that one other indictment would higher his odds at successful the presidency once more, and he's far and away the frontrunner within the crowded Republican presidential major. The former president has a 37-point lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who's the one different candidate who has polled in double digits, in keeping with information from FiveThirtyEight.

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