Donald Trump’s fourth and latest indictment, handed down Monday by a Georgia grand jury, was “pure politics,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, compared Democrats to leaders who jail and murder political opponents in the wake of Monday’s indictment in Fulton County.
The indictment stemmed from Trump’s phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger after the 2020 election, urging Raffensberger to overturn the state’s results, which awarded 16 electoral votes to Joe Biden.
In a tweet Tuesday, Tuberville pointed to the brief posting of charges on Fulton County, Georgia’s website on Monday before being suddenly taken down as evidence the indictment was politically motivated. The charges were announced later Monday.
A spokeswoman for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, whose office is overseeing the Georgia case against Trump, said the initial report of charges being filed was “inaccurate” but did not specify what was inaccurate.
“Another day, another activist indictment of Biden’s top political opponent,” said Tuberville, a staunch Trump supporter who endorsed the former president’s 2024 campaign shortly after Trump announced the bid. “The fact that the radical Fulton County DA ‘accidentally’ published the indictment before the grand jury finished voting proves what we already know — this is pure politics.
“Where I come from, you beat your opponents fair and square,” Tuberville continued. “This witch hunt has gone on for long enough. Democrats are afraid of President Trump because they know he will expose their corruption. The American people deserve an equal justice system — not one that twists the law to fit their politics.”
Moore, who has also come to Trump’s defense following all four indictments, likened Democrats to “Maduro and Noriega” — referring to Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, who has jailed political opponents, and late Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who was said to have murdered opponents.
“The United States had never before indicted a former president, and now Biden’s Department of Justice and weaponized blue state prosecutors have indicted President Trump four times in a matter of months,” Moore tweeted.
“As they continue their quest to throw their chief political opponent in jail, Democrats have joined the likes of Maduro and Noriega,” the congressman continued. “They have been out to get President Trump since he came down the escalator, and Americans can see through this desperate sham.”
