Some of Donald Trump's 2024 GOP rivals have begun acknowledging that the DOJ charges against him are 'serious,' and that his alleged lax handling of classified information represented a safety risk for U.S. troops. Here's what they've said.
“Having read the indictment, these are very serious allegations," Pence said in the interview. "And I can’t defend what is alleged. But the president is entitled to his day in court, he’s entitled to bring a defense, and I want to reserve judgment until he has the opportunity to respond.”
Pence also specified why he thought the 37 criminal counts outlined in the indictment should not be dismissed by Republican critics of the Justice Department. “Even the inadvertent release of that kind of information could compromise our national security and the safety of our armed forces,” Pence said. “And, frankly, having two members of our immediate family serving in the armed forces of the United States, I will never diminish the importance of protecting our nation’s secrets.”Those sentiments were echoed in the recent response of another Republican looking to become president: former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
“If this indictment is true, if what it says is actually the case, President Trump was incredibly reckless with our national security,” Haley, a former U.N. ambassador, said duringSen. Tim Scott at a recent town hall in Pella, Iowa. While taking pains at a Monday campaign rally to portray Biden's Justice Department as "targeting and hunting Republicans," Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina also made clear that the indictment against Trump represented a “serious case with serious allegations,” according to
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