Donald Trump indicted: Asa Hutchinson says disqualification comments ‘more true today than ever’
Rachel Schilke
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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a 2024 presidential candidate, said former President Donald Trump has “disqualified himself” from being a viable GOP candidate for president after another indictment was brought against Trump.
“Over a year ago, I said that Donald Trump’s actions disqualified him from ever serving as President again. Those words are more true today than ever before,” Hutchinson said in a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
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A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, delivered 13 charges against the former president as part of a total 41-count indictment that names 18 other people, including some of Trump’s top allies. The indictment, which dropped Monday night, comes after a yearlong investigation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
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Hutchinson said the Georgia indictment brings “another day of challenge for our democracy,” drawing on his personal experience as a former federal prosecutor before he served as governor of Arkansas.
He said he would have more comments after reviewing the details of the indictment, calling on voters to question Trump’s quality as a candidate.
“Regardless of the specifics of the Georgia indictment, I expect the voters will make the ultimate decision on the future of our democracy,” Hutchinson said.
Other candidates are weighing in on Trump’s latest indictment. Vivek Ramaswamy said in a town hall on Monday night that the charges were examples of “politicized persecutions through prosecution.”
“And I say this as somebody who’s running in some polls third, and some polls, like today’s, second. It would be a lot easier for me if Donald Trump were not in this primary. But that is not how I want to win this election,” Ramaswamy said.
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Tuesday morning that the former president, who bashed the indictment’s timing, wants to “have his cake and eat it too” and that running for president “is his choice.”
Trump faces three other criminal cases. Two are at the federal level, one involving his handling of classified documents and the other involving his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, riots. A third case is running out of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, which charged Trump with falsifying business records during the 2016 campaign.