It has been noted that former President Donald Trump’s 2024 Republican primary rivals had mixed opinions on the news of his indictment over the handling of classified documents on Thursday evening.
Speaking about the former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who is a former Trump ally has since become a vocal critic of the 45th president — reacted to the news by saying he would issue a full statement “when the facts are revealed.”
“We don’t get our news from Trump’s Truth Social account,” wrote Christie on Twitter. “Let’s see what the facts are when any possible indictment is released. As I have said before, no one is above the law, no matter how much they wish they were. We will have more to say when the facts are revealed.”
Meanwhile, Trump’s top primary rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, responded to the news of Trump’s indictment in a post on Twitter.
“The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society,” he wrote. “We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation.”
DeSantis questioned, “Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter?” before pledging, “The DeSantis administration will bring accountability to the DOJ, excise political bias and end weaponization once and for all.”
In March, following Trump’s separate indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, DeSantis called the move “un-American” and announced Florida would not assist in extraditing Trump “given the questionable circumstances at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda.”
