Speaker McCarthy Threatens Federal Probe If Trump Arrested

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said an indictment would be “an outrageous abuse of power” by Bragg, noting he would direct committees to investigate whether federal funds were used to interfere in the 2024 presidential election “with politically motivated prosecutions.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted Saturday that Trump “did nothing wrong” and claimed, with no evidence, Justice Department officials were coordinating with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to indict Trump, saying, “This is what they do in communist countries to destroy their political opponents!”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Trump “used his own money to resolve a private dispute” and called a possible indictment “an absurd abuse of the criminal process in our politics.”

Chip Roy (R-Texas) said a “politically motivated” decision to indict Trump is based on “strained, convoluted legal theory” and suggested—without evidence—a “politicized ‘justice’ system” is being “weaponized” against Americans.

Richard Grenell, the former director of U.S. National Intelligence, claimed Democrats are responsible for the indictment and “they must be stopped or they will soon ruin our country permanently.”

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), referring to a possible indictment, said “this type of stuff only occurs in third-world authoritarian nations,” adding, “if they can come for Trump, they will come for you.”