Donald Trump’s rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination were split on how to read his indictment Thursday in a Washington, D.C., courtroom, one saying the former president’s actions invited his legal woes. Another said the legal system has been politicized.
Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to four felony counts related to the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol, including conspiracy to defraud the nation, brought by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith.
While Trump has accused the Biden administration of orchestrating a witch hunt against him, GOP candidate Will Hurd told Fox News Digital just ahead of the arraignment, “This is not about the weaponization of the government.”
“This is not about individuals in Washington, D.C., that serve on a grand jury,” said Hurd, a former CIA spy and member of the House Texas delegation. “This is about a former president who lost an election and tried to use everything within his power to overturn that election, failed,…