国会共和党人很快找到了前总统唐纳德·特朗普美国国防周四后他被起诉了曼哈顿大陪审团，众议员吉姆·乔丹在一条推特上总结了该党的回应:“令人发指。”
乔丹领导了对阿尔文·布拉格的指控，与另外两位有影响力的众议院委员会主席联手要求证词和文件与特朗普调查有关的地方检察官。布拉格拒绝了他的努力，称国会干预州或地方调查是不合适的。
众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡发誓，他的党团将“追究阿尔文·布拉格及其前所未有的滥用权力行为的责任”，并表示美国人民“不会容忍这种不公正”
周四晚上，两党议员都在推特上对这一历史性的起诉做出了反应，暴露了特朗普的尖锐党派分歧。
共和党众议院和参议院成员谴责曼哈顿地区检察官的调查是政治起诉。
“民主党对唐纳德·特朗普的仇恨没有止境，”参议员。特德·克鲁兹R-德克萨斯写道。“这种政治迫害的‘实质’完全是垃圾。这完全是史无前例的，是司法系统武器化的灾难性升级。”
众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯(Steve Scalise)是众议院共和党二号人物，他称这是一个“骗局”，是“极端民主党人将政府武器化以攻击其政治对手的最明显的例子之一”。
2023年3月30日，在华盛顿特区举行的密苏里诉拜登案联邦政府听证会上，众议院司法特设小组委员会主席吉姆·乔丹。
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随着起诉书被封存，目前尚不清楚特朗普面临的具体指控是什么，也不清楚这些指控是否与2016年总统大选最后几天向成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付13万美元的调查有关。
“特朗普总统已被起诉，”特朗普的律师苏珊·切切莱斯和乔·塔科皮纳在一份声明中说。“他没有犯任何罪。我们将在法庭上大力对抗这场政治诉讼。”
另一方面，许多民主党人称赞这一决定证明了“没有人可以凌驾于法律之上。”
民主党众议员亚当·希夫(Adam Schiff)是特朗普被弹劾后第一次参议院审判的首席检察官，也是众议院1月6日特别委员会的成员，他说，这份历史性的起诉书反映了特朗普“前所未有”的行为。
希夫写道:“一个法治国家必须让富人和权贵承担责任，即使他们身居高位。”。“尤其是当他们这样做的时候。否则就不是民主。”
众议员杰森·克罗，来自威斯康辛州。发帖称:“今天对我们的国家来说是悲伤的一天。前总统特朗普的起诉书提醒我们，没有人可以凌驾于法律之上，我们都享有法律规定的正当程序和平等保护。”
尽管共和党全国委员会主席罗娜·麦克丹尼尔(Ronna McDaniel)称这是“公然滥用权力”，但民主党全国委员会对特朗普控制共和党的说法发表了评论。
民主党全国委员会新闻秘书阿马尔·穆萨(Ammar Moussa)在一份声明中说，“不管特朗普即将到来的法律诉讼发生什么，很明显，共和党仍然牢牢控制着唐纳德·特朗普和马加共和党人。”“我们将继续让特朗普和所有共和党候选人对极端的MAGA议程负责，包括禁止堕胎，削减社会保障和医疗保险，以及破坏自由公平的选举。”
'Outrageous': Jordan, Republicans come to Trump's defense after indictment
Congressional Republicans quickly came to former PresidentDonald Trump's defense Thursday afterhe was indictedby a Manhattan grand jury, with Rep. Jim Jordan summarizing the party's response in a one word tweet: "Outrageous."
Jordan has led the charge against Alvin Bragg, teaming up with two other influential House committee chairs todemand testimony and documentsfrom the district attorney related to the Trump probe. Bragg has rebuffed his efforts, stating it's inappropriate for Congress to intervene in state or local investigations.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy vowed his caucus will "hold Alvin Bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power to account" and said the American people "will not tolerate this injustice."
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle took to Twitter to react to the historic indictment on Thursday evening, laying bare the sharp partisan divide when it comes to Trump.
GOP House and Senate members decried the investigation by the Manhattan district attorney as a political prosecution.
"The Democrat Party's hatred for Donald Trump knows no bounds," Sen.Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote. "The 'substance' of this political persecution is utter garbage. This is completely unprecedented and is a catastrophic escalation in the weaponization of the justice system."
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, called it a "sham" that is "one of the clearest examples of extremist Democrats weaponizing government to attack their political opponents."
With the indictment under seal, it's not yet clear what exact charges are being brought against Trump or whether they are related to the probe into the $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the final days of the 2016 presidential race.
"President Trump has been indicted," Trump's lawyers Susan Cecheles and Joe Tacopina said in a statement. "He did not commit any crime. We will vigorously fight this political prosecution in Court."
Many Democrats, on the other hand, praised the decision as proof "no one is above the law."
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead House prosecutor in Trump's first Senate trial following his impeachment -- and a member of the House Jan. 6 select committee -- said the historic indictment mirrored Trump's "unprecedented" conduct.
"A nation of laws must hold the rich and powerful accountable, even when they hold high office," Schiff wrote. "Especially when they do. To do otherwise is not democracy."
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Wisc., posted: "Today is a somber day for our nation. Former President Trump's indictment reminds us that no one is above the law and that we are all afforded due process and equal protection under the law."
While Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel called it a "blatant abuse of power, the Democratic National Committee commented on what it said was Trump's hold over the GOP.
"No matter what happens in Trump's upcoming legal proceedings, it's obvious the Republican Party remains firmly in the hold of Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans," Ammar Moussa, the DNC's national press secretary, said in a statement. "We will continue to hold Trump and all Republican candidates accountable for the extreme MAGA agenda that includes banning abortion, cutting Social Security and Medicare, and undermining free and fair elections."
