McCarthy, Jordan line up behind Trump after Georgia indictment

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) flocked to former President Trump’s side in the wake of his latest indictment in Georgia over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state.

“Justice should be blind, but Biden has weaponized government against his leading political opponent to interfere in the 2024 election,” McCarthy wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Now a radical DA [district attorney] in Georgia is following Biden’s lead by attacking President Trump and using it to fundraise her political career.”

“Americans can see through this desperate sham,” he added.

In a Monday night post on X, Jordan called the indictment the “Democrats’ latest witch hunt” against Trump, adding the former president “did nothing wrong.” 

The indictment against Trump and a group of 18 co-defendants marks the fourth criminal case brought against the former president since April. The case brought forward a range of charges, with a total of 41 counts against the 19 defendants, including racketeering and conspiracy to commit election fraud, among other charges. Trump faces 13 counts related to making false statements and impersonating a public officer.

The indictment comes after a years-long investigation by Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis (D) into Trump’s efforts to intervene with the state’s 2020 presidential election results — while also arranging a group of 16 Georgia residents to serve as fake electors and claim he won the state, instead of Joe Biden.

Earlier this month, McCarthy also lined up behind Trump after the Justice Department’s indictment against the former president for his attempts to stay in power after the 2020 election, claiming the indictment is a way to “distract,” from the House GOP probes into President Biden and his son Hunter Biden.