Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to all 37 federal charges Tuesday afternoon after being arraigned for illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government he once oversaw.Local lawmakers are reacting to the historic arraignment on Tuesday afternoon, including Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance, who said he plans to hold all Department of Justice nominees until he says Merrick Garland "stops using his agency to harass Joe Biden's political opponents.""Donald Trump is just one and the most recent example of the fact that Merrick Garland uses his department for political purposes," Vance said in a tweet Tuesday afternoon.Ohio Democratic Congressman Greg Landsman released a statement on Tuesday, urging the country to focus on other issues, such as the economy and public safety."As the criminal justice system deals with Trump, the rest of us must focus on the work – and protecting the country from his dangerous chaos. He will encourage his supporters to tear us apart, and violence will ensue again, just as we saw on Jan. 6. Poll after poll shows the American people care most about the economy and safety, not Trump or his Chaos Caucus in the House. Stay focused. Stay together. Stay working," Landsman said.Longtime Kentucky Republican and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked to comment on the arraignment Tuesday but told reporters he did not want to comment on candidates running for the Republican nomination for president.For live updates of the historic arraignment, click here.
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to all 37 federal charges Tuesday afternoon after being arraigned for illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government he once oversaw.
Local lawmakers are reacting to the historic arraignment on Tuesday afternoon, including Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance, who said he plans to hold all Department of Justice nominees until he says Merrick Garland "stops using his agency to harass Joe Biden's political opponents."
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"Donald Trump is just one and the most recent example of the fact that Merrick Garland uses his department for political purposes," Vance said in a tweet Tuesday afternoon.
Ohio Democratic Congressman Greg Landsman released a statement on Tuesday, urging the country to focus on other issues, such as the economy and public safety.
"As the criminal justice system deals with Trump, the rest of us must focus on the work – and protecting the country from his dangerous chaos. He will encourage his supporters to tear us apart, and violence will ensue again, just as we saw on Jan. 6. Poll after poll shows the American people care most about the economy and safety, not Trump or his Chaos Caucus in the House. Stay focused. Stay together. Stay working," Landsman said.
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Longtime Kentucky Republican and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked to comment on the arraignment Tuesday but told reporters he did not want to comment on candidates running for the Republican nomination for president.
For live updates of the historic arraignment, click here.
