'Banana Republic stuff': Kansas, Missouri politicians sound off on Trump indictment

BREAKING NEWS AND THAT BREAKING NEWS. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICTED FOR A SECOND TIME. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I’M KRIS KETZ AND I’M LARA MORITZ. HE FACES FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO HIS HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WHILE OUT OF OFFICE. GABBY TONIGHT’S KALYN NORWOOD IS LIVE TONIGHT IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH WHAT HAPPENED. AND CAITLIN, WHAT’S NEXT? WELL, CHRIS AND LAURA, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BREAKING THE NEWS OF THIS INDICTMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TONIGHT. THIS FOLLOWS A MONTH LONG INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OVER HIS MISHANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. A FORMER PRESIDENT IS NOW FACING FEDERAL CHARGES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN US HISTORY. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP POSTING THE TRUTH SOCIAL THURSDAY NIGHT THAT HE’S BEEN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AT HIS FLORIDA STATE. THERE’S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE WHAT’S HAPPENED. I’M AN INNOCENT MAN. I’M AN INNOCENT PERSON. A TRUMP ATTORNEY CONFIRMS THE INDICTMENT INCLUDES SEVEN CRIMINAL CHARGES. SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH LED THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER THE FORMER PRESIDENT BROKE THE LAW AFTER OFFICIALS FOUND DOCUMENTS WITH CLASSIFIED MARKINGS AT MAR-A-LAGO AND WHETHER HE TRIED TO OBSTRUCT THE GOVERNMENT’S EFFORT TO GET THEM BACK. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVEN YEARS. THEY CAN’T STOP BECAUSE IT’S ELECTION INTERFERENCE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. LAWMAKERS COMMENTED EARLY THURSDAY AS SIGNS GREW AN INDICTMENT WAS CLOSE. IT IS GOING TO BE A WEIGHT AROUND HIS CANDIDACY THAT I THINK SHOULD BE INSURMOUNTABLE. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST LET THE PROCESS PLAY OUT FOR TRUMP. AND IF BIDEN GETS INDICTED, I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT BIDEN. IN MARCH, MR. TRUMP WAS CHARGED IN NEW YORK WITH MORE THAN 30 FELONY COUNTS FOR FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS, AND THE 2024 REPUBLICAN FRONTRUNNER IS FACING MORE LEGAL CHALLENGES. THERE’S INVESTIGATIONS INTO VOTING CORRUPTION IN GEORGIA. HE’S ALREADY BEEN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY IN NEW YORK. THIS IS A VERY FRAGILE HOUSE OF CARDS RIGHT NOW WITH TRUMP. AND IT WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH TO HAVE HIM COLLAPSE. KALYN NORWOOD REPORTING FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU TONIGHT. WE’LL BE FOLLOWING UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY. YOU CAN GET BREAKING UPDATES AS THEY HAPPE

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday evening that he will be indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents. Trump posted the news on his Truth Social social media platform. He said will be reporting to court in Miami next Tuesday. Elected politicians from Missouri and Kansas reacted to the news. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) was the first to react to Trump’s announcement. “If the people in power can jail their political opponents at will, we don’t have a republic,” Hawley tweeted. U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) said the current president indicted his future opponent. “Joe Biden has now indicted his top political opponent,” he said. “Full on Banana Republic stuff.”U.S. House Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) called the indictment a political persecution against Trump. “The political persecution and witch hunt continues for Donald Trump,” Alford said. “I guarantee that if he weren’t running for President this would NOT be happening. They’re scared s***less that he is actually going to win and when he does, it’s game over. Everything gets exposed.”U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) issued this statement: As of 10 p.m. on Thursday evening, there was no public reaction from the Democratic representatives from the Kansas City metro area.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday evening that he will be indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents.

Trump posted the news on his Truth Social social media platform. He said will be reporting to court in Miami next Tuesday.

Elected politicians from Missouri and Kansas reacted to the news.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) was the first to react to Trump’s announcement.

“If the people in power can jail their political opponents at will, we don’t have a republic,” Hawley tweeted.

U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) said the current president indicted his future opponent.

“Joe Biden has now indicted his top political opponent,” he said. “Full on Banana Republic stuff.”

U.S. House Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) called the indictment a political persecution against Trump.

“The political persecution and witch hunt continues for Donald Trump,” Alford said. “I guarantee that if he weren’t running for President this would NOT be happening. They’re scared s***less that he is actually going to win and when he does, it’s game over. Everything gets exposed.”

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) issued this statement:

My statement on the unprecedented indictment of President Trump by Biden's DOJ: pic.twitter.com/NtSd8hwqqy
— Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) June 9, 2023

As of 10 p.m. on Thursday evening, there was no public reaction from the Democratic representatives from the Kansas City metro area.

'Banana Republic stuff': Kansas, Missouri politicians sound off on Trump indictment

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